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Due Diligence
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xyz Company
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New York City, New York
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Fintech
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Pre-Product
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Date
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Founder(s) & TeamNotes
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Technical capabilities
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Ability to articulate/raise capital
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What does success look like?
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How did the founders meet and how do they work together?
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Personal connection/passion
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Advisors
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Domain experience
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Founder & company socials (create a copy)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13JlTWCOTaIxwdU8wkFuTlnr5uq8VoVKArz5qDAjkNJE/edit#gid=0
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Problem
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Why is this a burning problem?
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Who is the ICP & have they spoken to them?
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What was learned through customer discovery & did it change their opinion?
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Is this a unique insight/wedge into a market & is there potential to expand?
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Market
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How big is this problem or solution if quantifiable?
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What are similar extremely successful companies?
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Why could the timing be right?
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Competition
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What are alternatives and/or how is this solved now?
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What is the differentiator and why could they win?
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Competitor profiles (create copy)https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12hBPizjxt3sTw1GqNvIySktodLkGPiECy8473WaPtTk/edit#slide=id.p
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Product/Solution
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What is the solution?
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What has been built?
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What is the workflow or user experience before and after your product/solution?
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How do they plan to acquire users & why?
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What is the target business model & why?
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How has the product changed through feedback?
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What do they dislike about the product?
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Traction
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Have they onboarded users or done a beta/alpha?
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LOIs, revenue, waitlist, etc.
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Other
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Prior funding?
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Red flags
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Call recordingshttps://fathom.video/share/eTEysz7uzL5V8MA8zdoNSR4pRYYt9_7z
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Application
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Deck
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Scorecard (create copy)https://scale-vc.notion.site/5dc4f9cef9494c929751d1a890ace2f1?v=4e8e308711504b01b272baf5ae431c5a
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