Based on the material covered in this chapter, what questions would you ask the firm’s founders before making your funding decision? What answers would satisfy you?

Business Idea: Produce and sell the first wireless patientmonitoring system, enhancing patient care by continuously measuring vital medical data, and transmitting the information to health practitioners.

Pitch: Monitoring a sick patient can be a delicate balancing act. They need uninterrupted sleep to aid their recovery, but medical staff must also regularly check vital signs such as temperature and blood pressure. The two needs are not always good bedfellows.