What % stake will Warren and I settle on in exchange for his $20 million equity infusion?
Suppose I develop a new carbonated beverage that has Pomegranate, Orange, Watermelon, Strawberry, and Apple juice. I trademark the name POWSA (to rhyme with YOWSA for an intended marketing campaign about how deliciously refreshing it is... POWSA!!). Then I perfect the tastiest ingredient mix with the essential acronym aligned components... POWSA! I believe it is possible to get a $10 million annual SOM by selling 10 million cans at $1 each while the cost (at that scale of operation) will be sixty cents per can. That can work forever (I believe). However, I need to invest $20 million in the marketing, so I need a VC or angel investor to buy an equity stake for $20 million. I pitch the idea of getting Sugar Ray Leonard to do the ads for that "light-weight -sugar champion" POWSA Punch element of the marketing campaign. I claim the ad campaign with Sugar Ray would be effective with the $20 million budget. Now suppose Warren Buffet agrees with all my numbers and also has a 10% opportunity cost of capital (he believes the $20 million of his money would otherwise earn 10% annually in his other investment opportunities which have risks similar to my company). What % stake (share of total equity in my company, which has no debt) do I need to offer him to get a fair deal for the $20 million equity raise? Assume my pitch is so good that there is potential interest from other investors (like Mr. Wonderful or Lori Greiner) so Warren Buffet can't take advantage of me. What % stake will Warren and I settle on in exchange for his $20 million equity infusion? You can ignore taxes and use the 60 cents per can as the only cost in the income statement- note that the $20 million marketing expense is being treated as an initial investment in brand value creation, so its like the CapEx in my videos and its not expensed in the income statement. O 60% 50% O 25% O 10% O 20%Suppose I develop a new carbonated beverage that has Pomegranate, Orange, Watermelon, Strawberry, and Apple juice. I trademark the name POWSA (to rhyme with YOWSA for an intended marketing campaign about how deliciously refreshing it is.. POWSA!!). Then I perfect the tastiest ingredient mix with the essential acronym aligned components... POWSA! I believe it is possible to get a $10 million annual SOM by selling 10 million cans at $1 each while the cost (at that scale of operation) will be sixty cents per can. That can work forever (I believe). However, I need to invest $20 million in the marketing, so I need a VC or angel investor to buy an equity stake for $20 million. I pitch the idea of getting Sugar Ray Leonard to do the ads for that "light-weight -sugar champion" POWSA Punch element of the marketing campaign. I claim the ad campaign with Sugar Ray would be effective with the $20 million budget. Now suppose Warren Buffet agrees with all my numbers and also has a 10% opportunity cost of capital (he believes the $20 million of his money would otherwise earn 10% annually in his other investment opportunities which have risks similar to my company). What % stake (share of total equity in my company, which has no debt) do I need to offer him to get a fair deal for the $20 million equity raise? Assume my pitch is so good that there is potential interest from other investors (like Mr. Wonderful or Lori Greiner) so Warren Buffet can't take advantage of me. What % stake will Warren and I settle on in exchange for his $20 million equity infusion? You can ignore taxes and use the 60 cents per can as the only cost in the income statement- note that the $20 million marketing expense is being treated as an initial investment in brand value creation, so its like the CapEx in my videos and its not expensed in the income statement. O 60% O 50% 25% O 10% O 20%Now lets l'EVlSlt the same POWSA venture but assume my projection of revenue and cost makes sense for eight years With no protability after that (either because I will need to reduce my price in year nine to sustain sales volume or i will shut down after 8 years). What is the market value of POWSA equity in that case? Hint: use a spreadsheet to get the present value of anticipated dividends (or use the annuity formula ifyou are familiar with that) O 525 million so that Warren Buffet would need an 80% stake to make it worth his while 0 $21.34 million so that Warren buffet would need something like a 95% stake to make the deal worth his while 0 $17 million so the venture is not viable if $20 million of funding is required for the marketing 0 $32 million so that Warren Buffet would need more than a 50% stake to make it Worth his while
