Nurture: Filters from Venture Financiers

Do you have a compelling idea?
What is your credibility?
Do you have at least 1 other team member? What is their credibility?
Why would an investor/funder believe that you and your team have what it takes to succeed?
How big is the market for your idea?
How much value will your idea create within this market?
How can you qualify and quantify that?
What about your idea will keep it on the edge?
How will you sustain pioneering ideas?
Who do you have on the team that will help with this?
Who are your direct competitors?
Who are your indirect competitors?
What are people doing now to solve the problem you are solving with your idea?
What, financially speaking, drives your growth?
What, financially speaking, drives your profit?
What are your financial projections for the next several years?
What tangible evidence do you have that people want to buy your idea?
Do you have beta-clients?
Do you have statements or references from industry experts?
Do you have a collaborator that qualifies as an industry expert?
Do you already have paying customers?

Cards: Filters from Venture Financiers Last Editor: Jean Nurture Girl Russell

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