Survey of 60+ CEOs of innovation-stage companies and their take on the economy, strategies to outpace competitors in the recovery, and venture funding

1. August 2009 CEO Survey: Economy and
Strategy Alignment for Innovation-stage
Companies?
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2. How Close are we to recovery?
By end of Q4
Q3-Q4 2009 20%
2009 22%
Q3 2009 7%
Q2 2010 or later
51%
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3. Do you see a "V" recovery, a "W", or an "L" recovery?
"L"
Other
28%
9%
"V"
9%
"W"
54%
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4. Are you executing the same strategy pre-recession as
post?
Yes
42%
No
58%
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5. Top 2 functions that will most impact your strategy in recovery
period?
Sales
Business Development
Product Development
Marketing
Finance
Strategy
Operations
Research (tech/science)
Other
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
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6. If you had to bet your job on having the right team
in place for the recovery?
No
36%
Yes
64%
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7. Are you…?
Cash flow
break-even
16%
cash flow Burning
positive cash
25% 59%
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8. Raising capital in the next 18 months?
Other
Yes, in 1st 4%
half of 2010
No
25%
41%
Yes, in Q3-Q4
2009
30%
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9. What is your primary capital structure?
Corporate
Angel investor/
Other funding owner
Private 7%
9% 7%
Equity
13%
Bootstrapped Venture
/self-funded capital
13% 51%
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10. What is your primary industry sector?
Interactive Medical Life
media/ devices sciences/
content/ 7% Biotech
community 28%
15%
Software/
Internet/ Other
Telecom 25%
25%
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