CORD interview

On Monday 3rd April I had my CORD interview. It went very well, I had decided beforehand that a presentation was the best way to get the business concept across. I'd validated this with the Hothouse people in advance to ensure I wasn't talking liberties. I had a serious of slides which followed the following agenda.

1. Traditional Models
2. [CompanyName] Model
3. Inital Market
4. Short Term Objectives (0-12mths)
5. Long Term Objectives (12mths+)
6. Challenges

This really helped to frame the discussions, and interestingly enough a lot of the questions prior to the last slide where around the challenges I had already identified. This at least showed that I had thought of the barriers to success. I got some feedback afterwards that the pitch was warmly received. I'm waiting on the official response now and expect it by the end of the week.

Tags: startup, Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, CORD