Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project

Interview questions:

1. What type of business is this?

2. What type of organizational structure exist within your company?
3. What position do you hold within the company?
4. How long has the business been in existence?
5. How competitive is this business environment?
6. What is the current market share size that you now occupy?
7. Are you comfortable with your size of the market share, currently enjoyed?
8. How dependent on the use of technology, is your business?
9. How did market and technology dynamics provide opportunities for the company?
10. How was the opportunity concept developed?
11. Was it a “technology looking for a home” or a need looking to be met?
12. What sources of ideas were consulted?
13. What new or innovative features, services or processes have you implemented in
recent times?
14. What led or inspired your company to embrace this novel idea or concept?
15. How has the implementation of this novel idea or concept brought real benefits to
your firm?
16. What methods were used – brainstorming, lead user analysis etc.?
17. How were the risks assessed and prioritized?
18. How did the company plan the order in which technical experiments were done –
according to a standard stage-gate, by risk, by investor demands?
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