Honestly I used to think walking in with a number was the way to go but it can backfire since it gives them something to knock down instead of listening. Your list was fine, the problem is he just had his budget excuse ready no matter what you said.

Hold up, the SAME issue said smart watches would flop because nobody wants a screen on their wrist? That is wild and kind of amazing. Wired basically went two for two on being wrong in one magazine, and you only got paid for one of them. The smart watch call is even funnier looking back because now half the people I know check their wrist every five seconds. Whoever wrote that piece must have felt real silly by 2015 or so. You should go back through that whole box and see what else they got wrong, there is probably a goldmine in there.