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To enable our team to provide you with the best possible assistance please answer the questions on the following pages as well as possible at this stage of development and forward us a copy. Any information that you include will be treated as commercial-in-confidence in assisting your Research and Development, and will not be shared outside of the service providers. The scheduled Consultation is also confidential.
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1.Brieflydescribe your Idea or Invention.
☐ Yes, I can provide drawings / images/ diagrams of my idea.
2. What Stage are you currently up to?
☐Feasibility Assessment / Research Stage
☐Pre-Startup / DevelopmentStage
☐Start-up / Launch Stage
☐Growth / Scale-up Stage
3. What Issues, Concerns, Resistance or Blockages do you have?
☐ Business Model
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☐ Process Issues
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☐ Finances
☐ Market Access
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4.Can you prove thatyour idea works? Forexample,have you builta working prototype?
1.Describe your TargetMarket(thesortsofcustomerswho would buy your innovation). How would your productor service help them?
Forexample,would it making doing a particulartaskquicker and easier (like online shopping),or more convenient(like online banking)?
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1.Whatproductsor services do you thinkyou are replacing / opportunity you foresee?
2.Whatis your unique competitiveadvantage?
3.Whatmakes your productor service much bettervalue tothecustomerthanwhatthey are already using or doing?
4. What competitors / resistance will you have?
1.WhatAustralianor internationalregulationsor laws are applicable toyour idea? Forexample,regulationson productsafetyor industrystandards.
2. Whatotherconstraintsare applicable toyour idea? Forexample,regulationsize, weight,packaging,or power source?
1.Whatis your Business Model? How will your idea generaterevenue?
2. Whatwould thesupply chain forthisproductor service look like? Wheredo YOU fit in?
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3. Have you developed relationshipswiththepeople or companies thatyou need towork withtotakeyour idea toyour customers?
1. Have you protectedyour idea throughobtaininga trademark,design right,patent, domain name foryour website,or otherformalprocess?
2.Have you identifiedwhatwould stopa competitorfromproducing somethingsimilar to your idea?Forexample,you may have specialised equipment,a strongbrand reputation,or access toparticularsuppliers.
3. Have you checked thatyou are notaccidentallycopying anotherperson’s idea or invention?Iftheiridea is legally protected(e.g.by a patent),you mightbe atrisk of infringingtheirintellectualproperty.
1. How are you going tofindyour customers?
2. How will theyfindoutaboutyour productor service?
3. Whatare some ofthefeaturesor benefitsofyour productor service? How would you describe thesetopotentialcustomers?
1. How much sales revenue will you need foryour idea tobe profitableaftercosts?
2. How much capitaldo you require frominvestorsand how will you use it?
3. How much returnon investmentwill your investorsmake? What’sin itforthem?
When completed this form as best you can,save your document and email a copy as an attachment:
Submitthis completed form to theQueensland Innovator/Inventor Consultation Service
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