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Pre-Engagement Questionnaire

Before we recommend an engagement model, help us understand the opportunity.

This questionnaire helps us understand the opportunity, your commercial readiness, your ambition and the level of support you need. It takes about 10 minutes. Your answers are saved in this browser as you go.

26 questions8 short sectionsConfidential
01

About You & The Opportunity

1Your name
Please add your name.
2Company / venture name
Please add a company or venture name.
Email address
Please add a valid email address.
3Your role
Please choose one.
4In one or two sentences, what are you hoping to build, improve or explore?
A sentence or two is all we need.
5What problem are you trying to solve?
Please describe the problem.
6Who is the intended user or customer?
Please describe the user or customer.
02

Stage & Ambition

7What stage are you currently at?
Please choose one.
8What is the ultimate ambition for this project?
Please choose one.
9If successful, how large could this opportunity become?
A rough sense of scale is fine.
10Do you expect the product to generate revenue directly?
Please choose one.
03

What Do You Need Pursuit AI Lab To Do?

11Which capabilities do you think you require?
Select all that apply.
Select at least one, or tell us you would like a recommendation.
12What would you ideally like to have at the end of the first engagement?
Please choose one.
04

Commercial Readiness

These help us tell a focused prototype engagement apart from a longer product partnership, so we recommend the right shape of work.

13How will the project be funded?
Please choose one.
14How secure is the funding currently?
Please choose one.
15What budget range are you currently considering for the project?
Please choose one.
16Does this budget relate to:
Please choose one.
17Who will ultimately approve the investment?
Please choose one.
05

Investment & Value

18Can you estimate the potential financial value of solving this problem?
Please choose one.
06

Readiness & Commitment

19What is currently holding you back from building this?
Select all that apply.
Select at least one.
20How important is this project to you or your organisation?
1 · Interesting experiment10 · Strategic priority
Please pick a number.
21Are you able to commit time to working closely with the Lab?
Pursuit AI Lab engagements require active participation from founders, executives or product owners.
Please choose one.
22Are you currently in a position to financially invest in taking this project forward?
Please choose one.
23Who will be making the financial investment?
Please choose one.
07

Timing

24When would you ideally like to begin?
Please choose one.
25Is there a specific deadline or event driving the timing?Optional
For example: investor presentation, board meeting, product launch, funding round, conference, customer commitment or financial year-end.
08

The Big Question

26What would need to be true at the end of the engagement for you to say: “This was absolutely worth the investment”?
Please share your thinking.

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Thank you. We have your answers.

We will read them carefully and come back to you with a recommended engagement model within a few working days. If anything is urgent in the meantime, write to hello@pursuitlab.ai.

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