The Venture Imperative: Ready? - Mini-Diagnostic

Mini-Diagnostic: Venturing in Your Company

10 questions to understand the effectiveness of your venturing efforts:

1.	Have you defined a venture platform?	Yes	No
2.	Do you have a portfolio of ventures?	Yes	No
3.	Do you have a standalone business plan for venturing?	Yes	No
4.	Do you use partners extensively?	Yes	No
5.	Is the team venture- and core-business experienced?	Yes	No
6.	Are external advisors given board-of-director authority?	Yes	No
7.	Is funding allocated for venturing specifically?	Yes	No
8.	Is performance measured in financial and non-financial ways?	Yes	No
9.	Are best practices used as investment controls?	Yes	No
10.	Are strategic linkages monitored?	Yes	No


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