Okay, today we have another startup checklist episode. This is episode number eight. I'm going to

cover how to get your startup ready for investment. These are 10 critical points that you can check

off. You probably got three or four of them. You want to risk not having the other six or seven.

Of course, you don't. This is an episode you want to watch with your co-founders. But first,

I want to talk about over-priced stocks, sales to valuation ratios, and how the world now

post-COVID, as we move into the endemic phase, the stock markets coming back to reality,

and one of the amazing companies that we saw grow during the pandemic was Zoom, a fabulous company

that is printing money, and they had an amazing, amazing quarter. But their stock has been cut in

half since August, and now they face reality of a stock market that is going to value them,

not based on hype or memes, but based on reality. Still a great company, but we're going to dive into

their valuation, and their recent quarterly report for Q3 stick with us.

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Okay, and in our new story today, Zoom announced amazing earnings, but their stock is down 17%.

Let's look at the numbers here. Zoom's Q3 revenue was $1 billion, I kid you not, 35%

increase year over year. Net income was $340 million. That's up 71% year over year.

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