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2.1 - Executive Entry
2.2 - Please describe your idea
2.3 - What is novel or inventive about your idea?
2.4 -What need or purpose does your idea/product fulfil?
2.5 - Describe the various strengths and weaknesses of competing technologies/products/ideas.
2.6 - How does your project/idea improve on the performance of existing competition?
2.7 - What is the potential for future development of this idea/product?
3.1 - How do you plan to commercialise or exploit your idea?
3.4a - What overall progress have you made to date with your idea? - IDEA
3.4b - What overall progress have you made to date with your idea? - TEAM & INFRASTRUCTURE
3.4c - What overall progress have you made to date with your idea? - TIMETABLE
3.4d - What overall progress have you made to date with your idea? - COST
3.5a - What progress do you expect to make during the NESTA funded phase of your project? - IDEA
3.5b - What progress do you expect to make during the NESTA funded phase of your project? - Team and infrastructure
3.5c - What progress do you expect to make during the NESTA funded phase of your project? - timetable
3.6a - what work will remain to be done at the end of the Nesta funded phase in order to reach your overall aims? - idea
3.6b - what work will remain to be done at the end of the Nesta funded phase in order to reach your overall aims? - team & infrastructure
3.6c - what work will remain to be done at the end of the Nesta funded phase in order to reach your overall aims? - timetable
3.6d - what work will remain to be done at the end of the Nesta funded phase in order to reach your overall aims? - cost
3.7 - what is your exit strategy?
4.1 - Details of all types of intellectual property protection that are relevant to your project
4.2 - Who owns the idea / product?
4.3 Explain your overall intellectual property protection strategy.
5.1 Describe the overall market for your idea / product.
5.2 What are the key factors for success in this market?
5.3 What are the main barriers to entry to this market?
5.4 Tell us about the performance of your key competitors.
5.5 What is your planned route to market?
6.1 Does your idea have any particular social and /or environmental benefits?
6.2 Are there any potential negative social and / or environmental impacts as a result of this project?
6.3 Do you think that your project and its outcomes might extend or cross over traditional boundaries between fields and disciplines in a novel and creative way? If so, how?
7.1 Project cashflow of project
7.2 Explain the key assumptions underlying your income and expenditure tables.
7.3 If you are expecting any sales revenue within the next 36 months, please provide details here
8.1 Tell us about the ownership structure of your company.
8.2 Have you been through a valuation exercise? And if so, who did it and what were the results?
8.3 How would you want to structure any NESTA investment?
8.4 Are you in discussions with other potential investors? If so, what is the status of these discussions?
9.1 Do you have other information that you feel is relevant to your proposal?
9.2 Did you receive any support/advice in preparing this proposal?