STARTUP

1. How old is your business?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
f. 5

2. What is its reference Industry (SIC Codes below or fill by themselves)?

a. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
b. Mining and quarrying
c. Manufacturing
d. Electricity, Gas, Steam and air conditioning
e. Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
f. Construction
g. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
h. Transport and storage
i. Accommodation and food service activities
j. Information and communication
k. Financial and insurance activities
l. Real estate activities
m. Professional, scientific and technical activities
n. Administrative and support service activities
o. Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
p. Education
q. Human health and social work activities
r. Arts, entertainment and recreation
s. Other service activities

3. How many employees ?

a. 0-5
b. 6-10
c. 11-20
d. 20-30
e. 30-50
f. 50+

4. What kind of key challenges will your business most likely face in the next year?
a. Legal / bureaucratic (e.g. register a patent, obtain an authorization, license, )
b. Financial/Accounting ( e.g. find capital, build a financial plan/budget, keep the
accounts)
c. Business related (e.g. pricing and cost issues, marketing research, find distribution
partners, find suppliers)
d. Operational/Technical (e.g. service/product design, service/product realisation,
coding)
e. Human resource management (e.g. hire new employees, manage internal conflict,
)
f. Others (specify)

5. How are you planning to face these problems?

a. Relying on your current team
b. Hiring new employees with the required/lacking expertise
c. Hiring external professionals
d. Other

6. Do you think that hiring an experienced professional would benefit your business
a. Yes
b. No

7. If you could hire experienced professionals aged 60-75 by project for lower prices (around
30% less than market prices for similar profiles), would you consider the opportunity?
a. Yes
b. No
8. Why yes?
9. Why not? Specify