Annexure I : Startup Workbook

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Sr. No	Topic
1	Why Startups What is your reason for starting a startup? Is it at least a bit realistic reason? How can you improve on it further?
2	What Startup? What startup do you want to start? Is it at least a bit realistic for success? How can you improve on it further?
3	Entrepreneurial Spirit Do you think you have an entrepreneurial spirit? Why do you think so? How can you improve on it further?
4	Passion—The Nectar of Startups Are you passionate about your startup? Will the passion stay, when you hit the hardships of startups? If yes, why do you think so?
5	Startup Team What should be a good team for your startup? Have you chosen your team as required for success of your startup? Do your team members bring complementary strengths?
6	Resilience Is your team resilient? Why do you think so? How can you improve on it further?
7	Ideation with Innovation Are you innovative? What are you doing for being innovative? How can you improve on it further?
8	Opportunity Sensing and Leveraging How are you going for opportunity sensing and leveraging? Is it correct? How can you improve on it further?
9	Business Model What is your business model? Is it the right one? What it should be?
10	Niche Focus & Domain Knowledge for Entry Strategy Are you targeting a broad market or a niche segment? What is the entry barrier for others? Is it defensible?
11	Which Product and Market to Go For What is your Ansoff matrix? Is it the right one for you? What it should be?
12	Vanity Metrics Are you using Vanity Metrics? Why are you doing so? What are the correct metrics you should be using?
13	Role of Assumptions What are your assumptions about environment? Are these assumptions correct? How can you improve on it further?
14	Balance between Analysis and Action Do you have a right balance between analysis and action? Why do you think so? What are you doing to achieve this balance?
15	Strategy Do you have a well-defined strategy in place? Does it have elements of regular feedback and improvements? How can you improve on it further?
16	Strategic Thinking: The Fine Art of Balancing Do you have strategic thinking? What are you doing to develop strategic thinking? How can you improve on it further?
17	Organizational Culture Are you able to attract great talent for your startup? What is your strategy for organizational culture? How are you ensuring learning and growth opportunities?
18	Marketing Strategy What is your marketing strategy? Is it good enough? How can you improve on it further?
19	Social Media per se Is Not Marketing Strategy Do you have a social media strategy? Is it in sync with your marketing and overall strategy? How can you improve on it further?
20	Pitch! Is your pitch comprehensive, short, and interesting from the investor perspective? Why do you think so? How can you improve on it further?
21	Financial Strategy Do you have a financial strategy? Are you focusing on delivering results or luxuries? What should be your financial strategy for adding and delivering value?
22	Staying Focused Are you focused? What are you doing to ensure staying away from mindless growth trap? What are you doing to ensure this in future also?
23	Implementation Challenges Are you prepared for possible implementation as well as unseen challenges in the startup journey? Have you put some mechanism or understanding in place to solve these challenges? How can you improve on it further?
24	Pivot Are you madly blindly in love with your startup idea? Is it coming in the way of success of your startup? Are you mentally open for a possible pivot in your startup?
25	Beware of Startup Myths! Are you following startup sayings blindly? Do you have any mechanism to cross-check these sayings? How can you improve on it further?
26	Hedging the Risk Are you using hedging for risk? How are you doing it? What should be the correct hedging you should be using?
27	Entrepreneurial Ecosystem How is the ecosystem for your startup? Is there any better place with a better ecosystem? How are you taking care of the gaps in the ecosystem, if any?