ECG Startup Evaluation Process – Equatorius Capital Group

People. Ideas. Business.

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We’re a venture finance firm that provides essential capital to startups and small- to mid-sized enterprises from early to growth stages. We invest in people, ideas and businesses that catalyze development and drive innovation for a brighter, more sustainable future.

Welcome to ECG’s Startup Evaluation Process. Our process is divided into 2 steps: 1. Understanding the people behind the idea and 2. Understanding the idea and the business. Thank you for your participation and for your interest in our capital fund strategy.

STEP 1. UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE IDEA

STEP 2. UNDERSTANDING THE IDEA AND THE BUSINESS

Name. *

First

Middle

Last

Email. *

Contact Number.

Country. *

City. *

Age. (month/day/year) *

Gender.

How did you hear about us? *

Name of the business.

What is the problem you are trying to solve with your business? *

How many co-founders do you have?

We will be sending your co-founders an email to complete their individual profiles, please inform them to complete the submission in the next 3 business days.

CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed SECTION 1.

From 0-10 please select a grade for this section: 0

In the following section (Section 2), we would like to know more about you. Please note: there is no right or wrong answers! Our primarily goal is to know you better and provide you the very best in product and services.

Highest qualification. *

University in which where you have earned your highest qualification. *

Industry experience (in years). *

What makes your company unique and different from competitors?

When was the "first time" you failed and how? Please provide as much detail as you can. This can be related to anything in your life and not particularly about the business. *

When was the "last time" you failed and how? Please provide as much detail as you can. This can be related to anything in your life and not particularly about the business. *

How have your failures challenged the way you think? How have they changed the way you approach things? How do you anticipate/plan for future challenges so you can avert failure next time? *

What do you consider as your greatest achievement to date?

You have 1 million dollars! You can't enjoy it or invest it. How would you spend it? *

What is your personal opinion about the phrase “money can’t buy happiness”? *

What is your idea of fulfillment? *

Why have you decided to become an entrepreneur? *

If not an entrepreneur what would you rather be? *

How will you manage a situation where you realize that one of your co-founders is not good at his/her assigned role, or is not being able to contribute the way he/she was expected towards the growth of your startup? *

What will be your reaction when you realize that one of your co-founders/employees is better at performing the role you are currently performing within the organization and if given an opportunity he/she can do a better job than you? *

If you realized there was an aspect of your role for which your knowledge or experience was insufficient, what would you do to remedy that? *

Have you ever discovered something that either forced or inspired you to completely re-evaluate a longstanding belief? Have you ever had to acknowledge you were completely wrong about something? *

What aspect of your role as a founder excites you the most? *

What aspect of your role as a founder do you hate the most? *

What will be your reaction if you come across another startup with a much better leadership team, much better products trying to solve the same problem(s) that you are trying to solve? *

How will you feel if the problem you are going after is solved by your startup but you personally could not make a fortune out of it? *

CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed SECTION 2.

From 0-10 please select a grade for this section: 0

You have completed the final section (Section 2) of our online selection process. On behalf of our team. we thank you for your participation.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the information provided in this form is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge. *

Your answers will be held in strict confidentiality and will be used only for the purposes of this process. The process may be disclosed with our affiliates and employees for the purposes of conducting our business selection and validating business opportunities.

Before submitting your answers, would you like to make a suggestion about our online selection process? Your feedback is important to us!

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