Your Name:

Your E-Mail Address:

Your Company:

Your Company Website:

Your Phone Number:

Other contact information:

1. How does your company make money? (Make sure that you can succinctly explain the revenue generation process of your company)

2. a. Who are the customers?
     b. Who are the customers for your product or service?
     c. Is your offering aimed at paying customers?

3. a. What is the application?
     b. Is there a clear business problem that the product solves?
     c. How much money did your clients spend doing the process the old way?
     d. How many dollars do you save them doing it the new way?

4. a. What is your competitive differentiation?
     b. What is the extent of the differentiation of your product or service?
     c. How many competitors do you have in the same operational space?

5. a. What are your barriers to entry?
     b. Does your product have sufficient barriers to entry?
     c. Do you have a sufficient lead in the development time of your product?
     (You should have a real competitive barrier in the form of many years of effort, software, technology, etc.
     You should have developed a competitive lead in your area of expertise)

Customers

You should have a list of customers that you have intimate knowledge of that have used your product, and enable you to answer the questions above.

Product

EA wants to see a prototype of your product or at least be able to review a full demonstration.

A Cohesive high IQ team

Start-ups do not grow on IQ points, so EA wants to see this in the front end.

Supporting Documentation

Your team must have a business presentation and an executive summary. These documents are mandatory when approaching venture capitalists.

You will also need to submit an Executive Summary. Refer to "How to Build an Executive Summary" in the War Stories, Tips and Tutorials section of our site.

Executive Summary:

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