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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – How To Tell When the Startup Doesn't Have Anything
Description: How To Tell When the Startup Doesn't Have Anything Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startups raising funding should bring customer engagement, if not traction, to the pitch. Founders raising funding often compensate for the lack of customer engagement through distractions. Here's how to tell when the startup doesn't have anything: Revenue is only listed as a forecast with pipeline sales. Key metrics are based on forecast sales, not actual sales. There are no actual customers in discussion, and no names of any partners. The focus...