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9 Is this enough to cover your minimum short-term income
needs?

MT11. How much of the required funds are currently available to you
for your use? What shortfall exists, if any?

MT12. What are available or prospective options for filling the funding
gap?

MT13. What are your next steps toward exploring and securing the
right funding sources?

Execution Questions

CAPABILITIES/TALENT

E1. What skills/expertise (beyond yours or your team’s) are required
to accomplish your near-term and long-term objectives?

E2. What talent and expertise are needed to supplement your own?
Where are your most pressing talent gaps? What is your planned
approach for filling out your team?

E3. Do you have specific candidates in mind? Are they the best avail-
able? How are their skills complementary to yours?

E4. What service partners will be necessary and what are your best
available options?
9 Legal
9 Accounting/Finance
9 Technology
9 Marketing/PR
9 HR
9 Other

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