Dontrepreneur

A Crystal Ball and a Time Machine

Posted in Entrepreneurialism, Startups by Don Charlton on July 14, 2009

Late yesterday evening I completed my financial projections for today’s noon meeting with potential investor [REDACTED]. It took me a long time to learn to appreciate the importance of financial projections because in my first month I had paying customers and what looked to be a potential hit on my hands. If there’s three things an entrepreneur wants, it’s revenue right now, a crystal ball to see the future, and a time machine to change the past.

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