How to predict 3-year revenue and growth for an early-stage "search" company?
aristus: Is this investor at all experienced in funding technology startups? There is such a wide variation that there is no such thing as "similar". At year 3 Google was $50 million in the hole with no revenue in sight.The question is silly, but it's not useless. Think about how much you will charge for this thing, or how much traffic, etc. Make up a good per-unit revenue and multiply. Save it so that in 6 months (let alone 3 years) you can pull it out and laugh.