Startup Questionnaire 2

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1	1	20 Frequently Asked Questions	FAQ by Nick Bilogorskiy
2			fill out answers, save as XLS and email to Nick at 408ventures.com, please.
3	1	What are your email address, startup name, and a one-liner description?
4	2	How much are you raising, at what valuation and how will you spend it?
5	3	Which "rockstars" are on your team, including advisors and investors?
6	4	Have any of you had prior startup experience or exits?
7	5	Where is the location of everyone on the team?
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9	6	Before this startup, what was your personal most important achievement?
10	7	Personally, why did you start this company, what do you want to prove?
11	8	What problem are you solving?
12	9	What is the TAM (total addressable market) size in dollars?
13	10	What do you know about this space that others just don't get?
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15	11	Describe your solution in detail.
16	12	Do you have a fully functioning product? Why not?
17	13	Can you send me a 2 min demo?
18	14	Who else is doing this, and how exactly are you better than them?
19	15	Have you filed any patents?
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21	16	How will you make money? Why will this business model scale?
22	17	What is your current revenue and how many paying clients?
23	18	What does your cap table look like?
24	19	What keeps you up at night?
25	20	Is there anything else I should have asked?
26	21	How real is this market, acute is this problem. What data do you have to prove that this is not nice-to have, that people MUST have this.
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