Startup Risk DNA Analysis

1 Founder DNA

Team structure and dynamics - 23% of startups fail due to wrong team composition

Team structure: -- Select -- Solo founder, building alone Solo founder with advisors/contractors 2 co-founders with complementary skills (tech + business) 2+ co-founders who previously worked together 2+ co-founders who just met/are friends Multiple co-founders (4+)

2 Cash Runway

Survival capacity - 29% fail from running out of money

Current runway status: -- Select -- Pre-funding, bootstrap phase (personal savings) 0-6 months runway remaining 6-12 months runway 12-18 months runway 18+ months runway Profitable / revenue covers costs

3 Market Validation

Product-market fit evidence - 42% build things nobody wants

Strongest evidence of market demand: -- Select -- We have a compelling hypothesis based on research Early conversations with potential customers show interest We have LOIs (letters of intent) or pre-orders We have paying customers (1-10) We have paying customers with repeat purchases (10+) We have strong revenue traction and retention metrics

4 Competitive Moat

Defensibility - 19% get outcompeted

What makes you difficult to replicate: -- Select -- Novel technology or IP (patents, proprietary algorithms) Exclusive partnerships or network effects starting Deep domain expertise and relationships (hard to copy know-how) First-mover advantage in emerging space Better execution on known model Honestly, others could do this too

5 Business Model Clarity

Path to profitability - 17% fail from unclear business model

How well-defined is your path to profitability: -- Select -- We have a detailed financial model with clear unit economics We have a business model and rough numbers that work on paper We have a general idea but haven't modeled it yet We're still figuring out monetization We plan to monetize later (focusing on growth first)

6 Execution Readiness

Operational maturity - chaos kills before market challenges do

Current operational maturity: -- Select -- We have documented processes, clear roles, and basic systems in place We're mostly organized but working from shared docs/spreadsheets We're figuring things out as we go (ad-hoc) It's somewhat chaotic but we're moving fast We need significant help getting organized

7 Funding Alignment

Portuguese market specific - misalignment with funding = death sentence

Funding strategy for the next 12 months: -- Select -- Targeting PRR/PT2030 funding programs (and we qualify) Pursuing angel/VC investment (have warm intros) Bootstrapping with customer revenue Applying for innovation vouchers/grants Still determining funding approach No clear funding path identified