MITEF Poland Startup Competition 2016: General Track
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MITEF Poland Startup Competition 2016: General Track
MITEF Poland Startup Competition. General Track
Welcome to acceleration program for science-based projects in the form of a competition. These are the steps, you have to take during your journey with MIT Enterprise Forum Poland:
- Your team applies
- A panel of 3 international reviewers judges your application
- We assign to you 2 mentors (one Polish, second international)
- We share MITEF knowledge and processes during a custom made Polish acceleration program based on Bill Aulet's "Disciplined Entrepreneurship" methodology and knowledge of MIT Enterprise Forum experts
- You get to the competition finals, where you'll pitch your business idea to a panel of international judges, who select top teams
- You get a chance to go to Boston/Cambridge for a MIT custom based acceleration program, where you will meet fellow MIT scientists from your field of research, investors, coaches and technology entrepreneurs
- Your team gets recognized in MIT Technology Review - a stepping stone for your success
Good luck!
Application questions
We highly recommend to fulfil application offline first and upload ready answers to the platform
Questions
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What is your company's name? |
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Under which industry does your company fall? |
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3 |
Was your company incorporated? |
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4 |
When and where was your company incorporated? |
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5 |
Has your company received funding and how much? |
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6 |
How many full/part-time employees does your company have? |
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7 |
Please provide your company's website |
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8 |
Provide an elevator pitch for Twitter (140 signs) |
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9 |
Please provide a full length elevator pitch. |
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10 |
Please list your company's advisors and board members. |
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11 |
Please describe what problem you are trying to solve. |
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12 |
Briefly provide a summary of your solution to the problem. |
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13 |
What is your product/service’s competitive advantage? |
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14 |
How long can you maintain your competitive advantage? How will you do so? |
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Does your product/service have an IP (intellectual property) component? |
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What is your target market? |
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17 |
What is the current size of the target market? |
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18 |
What is the estimated annual growth of your target market? |
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19 |
Who are your target customers? |
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20 |
What steps have you taken to assess demand for your proposed product/service? |
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21 |
In U.S. dollar terms, what is your estimated total addressable market? |
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22 |
Who are your competitors in the market? |
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23 |
What is your company business model? |
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24 |
How will your company make money? What will be its primary source of revenue? |
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25 |
Does your company have revenues? If yes, how much? |
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26 |
What funding is required to launch your company? If you have already launched and received funding, please discuss additional funding requirements. Please provide an explanation. |
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27 |
What is your timeline for generating revenue after launch? |
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28 |
Please provide financial projections. |
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29 |
What is your timeline for breaking even after launch? |
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30 |
What are your major challenges? How do you plan to address these challenges? |
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31 |
How do you expect MITEF in general and the Startup Competition in particular to help your company? |
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32 |
What do you expect to contribute to the local and global MITEF Community? |
Attachments
Executive Summary |
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1-3 Minute Video Statement. |
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Personal Statement |
Management Team
Gender |
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Year of birth |
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Country of birth |
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Level of Highest Education |
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Professional background |
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Current occupation |
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Phone number |
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Linkedin profile |
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Role on team |
Status
Not currently accepting entries for this competition.
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