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FundraisingHow much are you raising?

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FundraisingHow will be your Use Of Capital?

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FundraisingHow will you Spend it?

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FundraisingWhy do you want to raise X Amount?

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FundraisingWhat are your Milestones For the Next Round?

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FundraisingWhat is your Runway? (When do you run out of money?)

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FundraisingWhat will be your Runway for this Round?

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FundraisingWhen do you want to Raise Funding next?

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FundraisingHow much more money do you plan on raising?

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FundraisingHow much do you want to raise at your next round?

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FundraisingWho is your ideal Investor?

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FundraisingAre you raising fund at the moment?

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FundraisingWho else are you talking to?

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FundraisingWhen are you looking to Close?

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FundraisingWhy do you want to raise from us specifically?

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FundraisingWhat value besides Capital, would you hope to see our firm provide your startup?

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FundraisingThere may be conflicts with one of our portfolio companies — are you happy to talk to us?

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FundraisingWhat are your deal expectations?

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FundraisingWhat is your valuation at the last round (if any)?

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FundraisingWhat are your valuation expectations?

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FundraisingWhat are the Terms of the Deal?

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FundraisingDo you have a Lead?

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FundraisingHow much do you have committed so far?

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FundraisingHow long have you been raising funds?

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FundraisingHave you thought about raising Venture Debt?

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FundraisingWho are your Stakeholders & Investors?

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FundraisingAre your existing Investors investing in this round?

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FundraisingWhat are your Investors' Pro-rata rights?

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FundraisingDo you have Convertible notes? What are the terms?

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FundraisingDo you have any Government Grants?

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FundraisingWhat do you think about Crowdfunding?

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FundraisingHave you thought about going to an Accelerator?

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FundraisingIf you knew with 100% certainty that you were to raise significantly more funding, what would you do?

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FinancialsWhat is your Burn Rate?

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FinancialsHow will your Burn Rate increase after your funding round?

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FinancialsWhat Key Performance Indicators are you focused on?

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FinancialsIf you could pick only 1 non-financial metric to measure the success of business, what would it be?

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FinancialsWalk us through the fully burdened unit economics of your product/service.

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FinancialsWhen will you be profitable?

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FinancialsAre you focused on Growth or Profitability?

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FinancialsHow can you reduce your Break-Even point by 6 months in your plan?

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FinancialsHow large is your ESOP pool?

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FinancialsWhat percentage of the company's equity do the employees and founders currently own?

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FinancialsWhat ESOP is left?

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FinancialsDo you have a Financial model?

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FinancialsWhat are the key assumptions in your Financial model?

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FinancialsWhat are the key drivers of growth?

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FinancialsWhat do you do if your top-line does not match expectations?

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FinancialsHow many customers do you need to break even?

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FinancialsHow do you make money?

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FinancialsWhat's your business model?

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FinancialsHow quickly are revenues growing? What is fueling that? What are the bottlenecks?

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FinancialsWhat's your price point and pricing methodology — and why did you settle on both of these?

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FinancialsHow do your customers think about ROI on their spend on your product/service?

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FinancialsWhat are the profit margins — and what might the margins be once the company reaches scale?

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FinancialsIf your equity/salary were based completely on the accuracy of your projections, what would your forecast be?

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SalesHow do you sell this to customers?

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SalesWhat are the main objections leads have?

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SalesWho specifically do you sell to?

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SalesDo your customers have budget for this? How often do they have a specific budget carved out for your product (or substitute)?

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SalesWhy do people buy this?

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SalesWhat is the typical sales cycle?

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SalesWhat is your lead velocity?

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SalesHow long does it take for reps to ramp and become fully productive?

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SalesHow productive are sales development reps?

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SalesWhen are you hiring your VP of sales?

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SalesWhy did your last VP of sales leave?

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SalesWhat is your pipeline like?

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SalesCan this be done by inside sales? Do you have to do field sales?

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ExitWho is going to buy this?

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ExitWhy is someone going to buy this?

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ExitWhat is the geographic fit with potential acquirers?

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ExitDo you know your potential acquirers? Do they have a history of making acquisitions?

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ExitAre there many buyers?

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ExitWhat did they sell for? Who bought them?

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ExitHow much do you want to sell for?

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ExitWhat can you sell this for?

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ExitWhat is the exit multiple?

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ExitHow are comparable businesses valued — both on the stock markets and in M&A transactions?

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ExitWhat acquisitions have there been recently?

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ExitAre you a strategic purchase?

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ExitIf you want to sell for a billion or more, why will someone pay that?

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ExitDo your potential acquirers have the cash to buy you?

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ExitDo you want to IPO?

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ExitDo you want to sell this?

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ExitWhen do you want to sell this?

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ExitWhat price would you sell this for now?

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ExitDo you know your competitors?

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ExitHas anyone approached to buy you?

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ExitWhat will my return be?

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ExitWhat is your exit strategy?

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ExitWhen are you paying me back?

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Category Breakdown

Fundraising: 0 / 33 answered
Financials: 0 / 23 answered
Sales: 0 / 13 answered
Exit: 0 / 23 answered

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