Evidence Based Startup Strategy of the Year 2017 – Marking regime
Mark
80-100
60-79
40-59
20-39
0-19
Indication
The startup demonstrates a complete knowledge of standards and advanced
techniques, as well as best practices, for evidence based business development and
management; including application in unfamiliar settings, limitations, and the
limitations of the underlying theories and frameworks. The information presented
demonstrates a strong ability to critically assess the startup’s own underlying concepts
and assumptions, as well as a good understanding of how to prioritise development
across the Technology, Market and Organisational domains in order to methodically
increase the firm’s Readiness Level, at any given stage, on a solid base of relevant
evidence. Hypotheses and strategies are efficiently presented (without unnecessarily
long explanations or argumentations) but with adequate explanation of method.
The startup demonstrates thorough knowledge of standards and advanced techniques,
as well as best practices, for evidence based business development and management;
including application in unfamiliar settings, limitations, and the limitations of the
underlying theories and frameworks. The information presented demonstrates some
ability to critically assess the startup’s own underlying concepts and assumptions, as
well as some understanding of how to prioritise development across the Technology,
Market and Organisational domains in order to methodically increase the firm’s
Readiness Level, at any given stage, on a solid base of relevant evidence. Hypotheses
and strategies are clearly presented (may include unnecessarily long explanations or
argumentations, although conclusive and noncontradictive) but with some explanation
of method.
The startup demonstrates some knowledge of standards and techniques, as well as
best practices, for evidence based business development and management. The
information presented demonstrates a good attempt to critically assess the startup’s
own underlying concepts and assumptions, as well as an effort to prioritise
development across the Technology, Market and Organisational domains in order to
methodically increase the firm’s Readiness Level, at any given stage. Hypotheses and
strategies are understandably presented (may include unnecessarily long explanations
or argumentations, may be somewhat inconclusive and contradictive) but with poor
explanation of method.
The startup attempts to formulate an evidence based strategy, but exhibits poor
knowledge of standards and techniques, as well as best practices, for evidence based
business development and management. The information presented demonstrates a
poor attempt to critically assess the startup’s own underlying concepts and
assumptions, as well as no real effort to prioritise development across the Technology,
Market and Organisational domains. Hypotheses and strategies are poorly presented
with poor or no explanation of method.
The startup fails to formulate any kind of evidence based strategy, and exhibits no
knowledge of standards and techniques, as well as best practices, for evidence based
business development and management. The information presented demonstrates no
attempt to critically assess the startup’s own underlying concepts and assumptions, as
well as no effort to prioritise development across the Technology, Market and
Organisational domains. Hypotheses and strategies are not acceptably presented, and
there is no explanation of method.