- Why is now the right time?
- If your plan is successful, what economic or market benefit will the technology convey?
- Explain the principles of the technology?
- What, if anything, has been proven?
- How far is this from commercial scalability?
- What risks remain to be proven?
- What are the three major things that could go wrong?
- Have theoretical models been created or validated?
- What external third party has validated your models and experimental results?
- How long will it take to validate the viability of the technology, through experiments or otherwise?