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Commercial in Confidence I3 Foundry Ideate, Innovate, Improvise - a framework to seed entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises

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Commercial in Confidence

I3 Foundry

Ideate, Innovate, Improvise

- a framework to seed entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises

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ContextWhen maxims max out and the road ahead looks dreary - what next?

 Let us start by revisiting few of the timeless wisdom first, shall we?• Good ultimately prevails and Sun continues to shine… for a long time to come…• So, believe in the goodness of self, fellowship, colleagues and peers, communities and nations, world at 

large and ultimately the nature with it’s innate abundance and yet, unraveling creative-destruction…  • Against persistent nay-say, menacing anxiety, sinking despair, brooding isolation, believe in the virtue of

hope, promise of possibilities, power of creative-construct; a life without fear, awareness and purpose…• Live a life in the know of incredible possibilities evinced from the past, be industrious today and 

confidently embrace the future…• Live a life of delight anchored in trusteeship, camaraderie and generosity; a life of wholesomeness 

anchored in love, protected by truth; a finite life of infinite joy…

Introducing…I3 Foundry

Ideate, Innovate, ImproviseA framework to seed entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises

Commercial in Confidence

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Context (continued…..)

Commercial in Confidence

• Dallying between the conundrums of expectations and reality, over time, every maxim maxes-out, driven by the continuing mismatch between logical but complex-nature and vagaries of human-DNA, rational vs. irrational, the substratum of behavioral economics…

• Yes, some “isms” return to vogue and some do not, but then tempting as it may be, only the reckless dare to indulge in forecasting!

• …evidenced from history, responses have always varied to the inevitable:

some go into argumentative charades, 

totter around the incomprehensible, even 

on to futile blame games…

some go through dismay or disbelief, go numb 

and risk being a casualty…

some exert to extend the inevitable and expend precious (often entrusted) 

resources…

and soIt goeson…

…then some, stoically deal with the reality as “here and now”; embrace the inevitable with curiosity, deliberately apply the known, draw on creativity

with enthusiasm and energy, and focus on the unfolding opportunities using a stratagem of insightful retreats and pushes, joyously and industriously

negotiating the road of life ahead…

Which one would you choose?

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Context (continued…..)So these days, it looks as though…

• prescriptive, pay-to-play or selective democracy seem to be fatigued and cause célèbre of consternation ...• mindless-consumption and accompanying-debt ordained growth doctrine, the capitalism of unscrupulous-

remorseless-aggrandized variety; where amebic self-good is insistently touted as the lifting tide of greater-good, where risks and losses are routinely socialized amongst simpleton-non-actors, carnage casually ascribed to collateral damage and the impending impost deferred to future generations is on life-support, ailing from growing value debasement and trust decay, whilst continuing to insist on it’s universal, timeless and incorruptible virtues!

• selective globalization in a world by definition “uneven” of “beggar-thy-fellow-human” – “human + nature wreckage / subsistence” and “use and toss” kind is on parole, drained by escalating marginalization, spiraling disfranchise and accompanying gini-coefficient, desolate helplessness, a recipe for eventual hopelessness…

Come to think of it, all the above are related and feed-off each other! “Loss of Hope” is the ultimate regress inflicted on the trusting and vulnerable by the self-serving and self-righteous or responsible but unimaginative or complacent… Future is in accepting the inevitable, focusing on the potential and charging with the possible… If I still have your attention, invoked your curiosity; then please allow me to introduce a concept of creative construct “I3 Foundry - a meritocratic-framework for attracting, seeding and promoting entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises”, imagineered within the inspirational biblical canon of:

“Seek AND You Shall Find”…Commercial in Confidence

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Accrual of value of a successful initiative over time…

Evaluation Round:-  Assessment of ideas

Angel round:- Working prototype under 

controlled conditions

Mezzanine Round:- Industry Strength 

working model

Controlled Market Release:-  Release the product to select early-customers under controlled conditions

General Market Release:-  Release to normal industrial and commercial conditions 

Market Growth and Exit:-  Business is set free and operates as a successful entity on its own rights.

2 months

Shared Services provided by I3

Oversight and Continuous Assessment (GRST)

5-6 months 8-10 months 12-16 months 18-28 months 24-40 months0 months

Stages in I3 Foundry (I3):

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Phase 1 – Proposal Evaluation:• Objectives:

• Choose qualifying proposals from the pool which show promise of distinct and measurable value in the field of choice by way of, either a new product / solution or service, based on innovation or improvement

• Activities:• Assessment of Proponent’s make up, fit, clarity and comprehensiveness• All rights are assigned exclusively to I3 for the period of “Proposal Evaluation”

• Resources:• I3 Strategy/Capabilities statement• Economic outlook / Futurology• A Steering Committee (SC) empowered to arbitrate and make non-recourse decisions • Relevant industry / technical expertise• Start-up experience• Project management• Business management / leadership• Market analysis• Expertise in economics, policy, history

• Outcome:• A plausible proposal which needs work to realize its potential, requires support beyond the proponent/s combined and 

accessible resources, including but not limited to capital is promoted to the next round• I3 may choose to consider the proposal at a later date when ready, in which case the proposal will be released back to the 

proponent/s without any caveat or restriction/s. Proposal is eligible for submission after a specified interval or on invitation

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Phase 2 - Angel Round:• Objectives:

• Develop the idea or concept to High Level Design + Detailed Design + Tooling / Material Requirements level

• Prepare and evaluate prototype under controlled working conditions

• Activities:• Formation of new entity (joint collaboration between I3 and the proponent/s)• Allocation of 20-25% of equity to new entity, rest remains with I3• Assemble Guidance, Support and Review Team (GRST) for each initiative• Shared services available on user-pay basis from I3• Prepare development plan for “Working Prototype”• Build “Working Prototype”• Evaluate “Working prototype” under “controlled conditions” in accordance with agreed 

criteria

• Resources:• Industry / subject matter experts• Resources identified but not available within the initiative team, sourced externally• Science and academia• Business and project management• IPR and other legal support• Finance and accounting• Market research and monitoring

• Outcome:• Prototype successful in testing• If terminated:

• Packaged and sold to similar, higher-risk investment pools• Proponents to have buy-back option

• Proposals may be deferred subject to market or technology conditions• May be referred back for extended work within the same phase

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Phase 3 - Mezzanine Round:• Objectives:

• Build forward from “Angel Round Prototype” to “Industry Strength Working Model”• To test and receive field-feedback from Beta Testers

• Activities:• Prepare Development plan for “Industry Strength Working Model”• Build Working Model in requisite numbers for Industry Testing• Testing by and with early-adopters, potential foundation customers, beta testers in or 

close to actual-sites / real life scenario / situations• 2% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding allocated to proponent/s as bonus • 1% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding reserved for GRST team – allocated in 

skip-phase

• Resources:• Industry / subject matter experts• Resources identified but not available within the initiative team, sourced externally• Science and academia• Business and project management• IPR and other legal support• Finance and accounting• Market research and monitoring

• Outcome:• Industry strength working model capable of working within and to the commonly 

expected industry parameters, which successfully couples / coexists / functions within the extended ways / methods / processes of the said industry / technology

• If terminated• Packaged and Sold to similar, higher-risk funds• Proponents to have buy-back option

• Proposals may be deferred subject to market and technology conditions• May be referred back for extended work within the phase

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Phase 4 - Controlled Market Release Round:• Objectives:

• Screening of product / solution by select early-customers on commercial basis

• Activities:• Prepare detailed development plan for “Controlled Market Release”• Identify “Controlled Market Release” customers, contracts in place• Prepare the product in numbers as required for CMR Round• Batch tested by internal / external experts team• Product / Solution to identified customers• Prepare Sales and Marketing Plan and Pitch for GMR round• 2% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding allocated to proponent/s as bonus • 1% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding reserved for GRST team – allocated in skip-

phase

• Resources:• Industry / subject matter experts• Resources identified but not available within the initiative team, sourced externally• Media• Business and project management• IPR and legal support• Finance and accounting• Market research and monitoring

• Outcome:• Tried and tested  solution under normal industrial and commercial conditions and judged by 

select customers• Relevant market, media, expertise – critique and feedback• If terminated

• Packaged and sold to similar, higher-risk funds• Proponents to have buy-back option

• Proposals may be deferred subject to critical market / technology conditions• May be referred back for extended work within the same phase

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Phase 5: General Market Release Round:• Objectives:

• Release the product / solution to general market applying full faculties of Sales and Marketing, appropriately supported by product / customer support function

• Activities:• Creating teams for Continued Sales and Marketing, Product Development, Volume 

Production and Evaluation, Storage and Dispatch and providing all necessary resources to them for the release

• Preparing the Product / Solution in requisite volume for GMR• 2% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding allocated to proponent/s as bonus • 1% of common (restricted) stock from I3’s holding reserved for GRST team – allocated in 

skip-phase• First external valuation via Professional VC or such sources (I3 to retain > 51% of the 

common stock)

• Resources:• Industry / subject matter experts• External collaboration and support• Media - all channels• Business and project management• IPR and other legal• Finance and accounting• Investment and Merchant Banking• Market research and monitoring• Sales and Marketing• Product and Customer Support

• Outcome:• Solution judged by general customers

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Phase 6: Market Growth and Exit Round:• Objectives:

• Mature initiative well accepted by the market• Consistently growing and profitable business• Exit opportunity for all restricted or common stock holders

• Activities:• Company board established – development phase overseer arrangement concluded • Management by board and professional management team under board-oversight• Achieve sustained Sales and Marketing, Product Development, Volume Production and 

Evaluation, Storage and Dispatch• VCs + PEs investment / Public Issue• I3 may choose to retain, sell or any combination considered appropriate

• Resources:• Industry / subject matter experts• External collaboration and support• Media - all channels• Business management• IPR and other legal• Finance and accounting• Investment and Merchant Banking• Market research and monitoring

• Outcome:• A successful business on it’s own rights ready and set free to run and grow on it’s own 

merit

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Next Steps

• Converse further, explain what, why and how?– Present detailed framework / template

• Develop bespoke strategic framework• Drive next-generation growth strategy

Satya ChariImagineering India

Email: [email protected]: +61 413 078 871 (Australia)

5, Chipping Hill CourtWheelers HillMelbourne, Victoria – 3150Australia