- 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?
