Form

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. First Name of Applicant*

2. Last Name of Applicant*

4. What is your phone number?*

If you are an undergraduate or graduate student, please respond to questions 6 and 7, then skip to question 12.

6. Please let us know which school you are pursuing your degree.

7. Please let us know your projected graduation year.

If you are faculty or staff, please respond to questions 8 and 9, then skip to question 12.

8. Please let us know in which school or program you work.

9. Please let us know how long you have worked in this space.

If you are an alumni, please respond to questions 10 and 11, then skip to question 12.

10. Please let us know which school you graduated from

11. Please let us know the year you graduated.

12. Please let us know which ethnicity you identify with.*

COMPANY INFORMATION

14. Please let us know the name of your startup.*

15. Please provide a link to your company website.*

If you do not have a company website, please write “none”

16. Please write a one sentence pitch for your startup.*

17. Please list all co-founders, as well as their email addresses, phone numbers, and affiliation to Santa Clara University.*

19. Have you incorporated your startup?*

20. How long have you been working on this startup?*

21. Please list any mentors or advisors you currently have, as well as their email addresses, their relevant background, and how they are helping you.*

22. Please describe your product or service.*

23. What problem are you solving?*

24. Why is your team passionate about solving this problem?*

25. What is your venture's mission statement? What do you see as your company's core values?*

26. Who are your customers?*

27. Who are your competitors?*

Both now and when you are at scale

28. Why should customers use your product or service and not your competitor’s product or service?*

29. What are your current team's qualifications, backgrounds, or experiences that are relevant to this startup?*

30. What is your business model? What are your current potential sources of revenue?*

31. What are the metrics that will matter most in analyzing your performance over time? How will you measure them?*

32. How big is the market opportunity for your product or service?*

33. Please share any data on traction.*

34. How can you scale this startup into a large business? What is your sales and marketing strategy? What is your estimated cost of customer acquisition?*

35. What IP protection or unique advantages do you have (provisional patents, patents, copyright, know-how, trade secrets, etc.)?*

36. What is your sustainable competitive advantage? Are there barriers to entry for new competitors who may want to copy your product/service and business model?*

37. What are the key skills and areas of expertise you need to add to the team?*

38. How much capital have you raised for this venture so far?*

39. From whom have you raised the capital?*

40. Please attach links to your pitch deck and a short 2-minute video of your elevator pitch.*

Please make sure the video link has public view access.

41. If there is anything else you would like us to know, please comment below.

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