Scale: We can realistically take on 1 million new customers right away!

Growth: Our product is solid and we are growing rapidly.

V 2.0: Our product is good, but we should upgrade to Version 3.0 soon.

V1.0: We have an MVP and/or working prototype that customers are using.

Early/Idea: We need more time before delivering a product or prototype to a customer.

Scale: We generate more than $1,000,000 monthly recurring revenues (MRR)

Growth: We generate more than $300,000 monthly recurring revenue (MRR)

Growing: We generate more than $25,000 monthly recurring revenues (MRR)

Early: Less than $25,000 of monthly revenues

Very early: No paying customers, working on product/market fit

Solid: We are ready to pitch Tier 1 Investors Tomorrow!

Freshen Up: I'd like to freshen our pitchdeck up before our next investor meeting.

Rework: We should rework it before pitching Tier 1 Investors.

Early: We definitely have some work to do.

Start: We don't have an investor pitchdeck yet.

Solid: Investors understand the problem we are solving immediately

Good: Most investors "get it", but we could make it more clear

Decent: I'd like to clarify the way we explain the problem we solve

Help: We need help stating our customer's problem more clearly

Solid: We have our TAM, SAM and beachhead revenue opportunities nailed

Good: We have good market size information from 3rd parties

Decent: We should do more research to more clearly define the size of our market opportunity.

Help: We need help to clearly define the size of our market to investors

Not sure

Solid: Gartner Group issued a report showing our company in the upper right quadrant

Good: We know our competitors well and their relative strengths & weaknesses

Decent: We have a decent competitive analysis, but should upgrade before investor diligence

Help: We need to do more work on our Competitive Analysis

Not sure

Solid: Our financial model can easily do "what-if" scenarios for various revenue levels

Good: We have a good financial forecast with specifics on unit economics & staffing

Decent: We have a 3-5 year forecast but should probably upgrade before sending it to investors

Early: We have some work to do on our financial model

Napkin: Where do I get a template of a financial model?

Platinum: Our founders have had successful exits with 10x return to investors before

Gold: Our founders have excellent industry experience across the board

Silver: We have a solid founding team and plan to add to it when fully funded

Bronze: We have at least 1 key hire that we need to fill soon

Garage: We don't have much business experience, but we are wicked smart!

Rock Stars: We have well-known industry rock stars on our Advisory Board

Solid: We have excellent industry leaders on our Advisory Board

Good: We have 1 or 2 good industry leaders but could use more

Working on it: We are currently recruiting Advisory Board Members

Starting: We're just getting started on our Advisory Board

Solid: Our Executive Summary is ready for a Tier 1 VC to read!

Great: Our Executive Summary is crisp & clear and investors ask for more info regularly

Good: Our Executive Summary is good, but we're not getting enough investor meetings

Needs Work: I'd like to rework our Executive Summary before sending to investors

Starting: Where can I find a template for a One Page Executive Summary?

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