Questionnaire for Entrepreneur

1. How did you get your idea or concept for the business?

2. What was your mission at the outset?

3. When did you "charter" the business?

4. How many employees?

5. What service(s) or product(s) do you offer/manufacture?

6. How do you advertise your business?

7. How do you advertise your product/service?

8. To what do you attribute your success?

9. Do you use the services of a professional accountant or attorney?

10. What do you look for in an employee? The most important thing to us is that they fit into our
corporate culture!

11. What made you choose your current location?

12. What kind of Corporation is your business?

13. What are your company’s goals?

14. Do you work locally or nationally?

15. What is unique about your business?

16. What are your responsibilities as the business owner?

17. What made you choose this type of business?

18. Does your company help the community where it is located?

19. Have you ever turned down a client?

20. If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be?

21. Why will people buy your product (and not something else)?

22. What risks are you facing?

23. Who do you sell to (and how do you get customers)?

24. What are your cash flow projections? When will you break even? How much will you need in
investments?