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Overarching Reason That I Like the Nominated Company

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This is your opportunity to tell us what you like most about the nominated company. What are its biggest competitive advantages? Why do you think this company will be more successful than its competitors?

Unique Products

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What makes the company's products unique? Is it patent features? Design? Price points?

Unique Value Proposition

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What benefits does the company represent to its users? Does it help its customers make more money? Reduce costs? Reduce accidents? Respond to its customers faster?

Addressable Market Analysis

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How large is the company's addressable market? How did you arrive at that estimate? How much of the market can the company reasonably penetrate? Over what period of time? How will the size of the addressable market change over the next few years? How much more competitive will the market be over the next few years?

Growth Drivers

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What will propel the company's growth? Regulations? Changes in demographics? Insufficiency of competing offerings? Aggressive sales force? Compelling price points?

Go-to-Market Strategy

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Does the company plan to bring its products to market by building its own salesforce? Working with distributors? What kinds of marketing will be supported to reach customers? Internet? Radio? Print? Exhibitions?

Revenue Analysis

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What are the company's revenue recognition practices? How much of the revenues are recurring? How much of the revenues are supported by long-term contracts? How much of the revenues are razor-blade-like? How much of the revenues are in the form or deposits? Are such deposits refundable? How much of the revenues are a function of undue pressure placed on the customers?

Margin Analysis

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Where do the gross margins and operating margins stand? Are these margins likely to increase or decrease in the next year or so? Why? How much leverage is in the business model? Which costs are likely to rise/fall the most?

Scalability Analysis

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What is the level of difficulty in scaling the business? Does the company have permits and people to scale? Does the company have sufficient manufacturing capacity? Distribution channels?

Capital Raised & Required

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How much capital has been raised to date? How much capital needs to be raised in the near-term? Long-term? What is the breakdown in debt versus equity in terms of needed raise?

Capital Intensity

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What is the cash burn rate? When will breakeven be achieved? What kinds of large capital expenditures will be required over the next few years?

Barriers to Entry

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To what extent are there barriers to entry do to patents? Capital intensity? Regulatory issues? Steep learning curve? Skilled workforce? Advantageous geographic location?

Analysis of Management

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What managerial success have the current managers had? How much stock do the executives have in the nominated company?

Intellectual Property Portfolio

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How many patent families does the company own? How many jurisdictions were the patents issued in? Does the company suspect infringement? Have any of the patents sustained invalidity attacks? How many trade secrets does the company have? What steps are in place to protect the trade secrets?

Research & Development

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Tell us about the research team? What degrees do they have? In which disciplines? From which universities? How many patents have been issued to your researchers? How many papers have they published? How many forward citations have their patents received?

Quality of the Workforce

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How rigorous is the recruitment process? What is the employee retention level? What financial incentives drive employee performance? How are employees evaluated?

Current Investors

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How many investors does the company have? How many are angels, venture capitalists, managers, private equity firms, etc? Are any particularly renowned investors involved in your company?

Please explain the extent to which any principals of the nominated company have a criminal record or have been censored by financial regulators such as the SEC, FINRA or state securities regulators.

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