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How can TriStart claim to provide such an in-depth report from such a short questionnaire?
Six years research and the deep industry experience and academic expertise of the TriStart team, have enabled us to refine and develop the value and importance of each the questions so that each has a bearing on one or more of the 19 elements that directly correlate to business success. Our leading statistician David Dawkins has used his experience and expertise to build the complex mathematical algorithm which is the engine of TriStart. For the rest of us this means that the power of TriStart comes from the interaction and relationship between the values given to the answers we provide to the questions. So from relatively few questions powerful results are obtained.
The questions are just not relevant to me
If you are running your own business or thinking of starting one - on your own or with others - and whether you have modest or ambitious plans for business growth, there are some key factors which it is essential to understand:
• TriStart challenges you to reflect on the market you are in and how easy it is to build a customer base – they will not beat a path to your door just because you are there, however much you believe in what you are doing
• TriStart enables you to understand your strengths as well as any gaps in your knowledge and experience that may need some to be improved
• TriStart will save you valuable time and anxiety by helping you avoid taking the decisions and making unnecessary mistakes by identifying the things you should plan for from the outset
• The success of any business is down to those running it, regardless of the product or service. TriStart enables you to have a better understanding of yourself and your management style, the changes to be made and the support you may need. Very few of us can do it on our own
How is TriStart different from all the other tests that are available?
• The six year academic and field based study and the depth of research and data on which the ‘algorithm engine’ was developed places TriStart in a unique position. No other tool has these solid and high quality foundations
• TriStart provides a Sensitivity Analysis identifying the top areas on which you should focus for the most immediate beneficial impact on your business success
• TriStart has been developed to be able to provide personalised reports with clear signposting and recommendations for individual help and support which you may need resulting from the elements identified in the Sensitivity Analysis.
This version of the TriStart product will be available on line from the end of March 2009 and will be provided free to all who bought the current version before that date
• The power of TriStart and consequent benefits to you, will continually develop over time as we get even more data to add to our already significant data base. For example, we will be able to provide data on the key components and characteristics of specific market sectors. A key benefit of this is that it will enable our clients to benchmark themselves and their business against others in their sector and answer the question - ‘how good am I compared with others?’
Surely I can cheat?
• Yes you can answer the questions in any way you like, but if you are not honest with yourself it is only you who will lose out. You are doing it for yourself because you want to make a success of your enterprise – just answer the questions honestly and you will be more successful if you follow up on the areas which need to be addressed
• TriStart enables you to evaluate and understand in new ways all the key issues relating to you and you business, so ‘cheating’ will undermine the value of your decisions and put all you do at greater risk
• If you are a small team and each of you complete TriStart to assess your mutual strengths and weaknesses, then ‘cheating’ will seriously jeopardise the next steps to success
Realistically what benefit do I get from doing this?
• 15 minutes spent completing the TriStart questionnaire gives you the opportunity and challenges you to reflect on all you are doing and the reality of it
• A significantly enhanced understanding of what you need to do in the context of your own ambitions
• A foundation ‘road map’ of where to go and what to do to answer the big question - ‘so what does all mean for me?’
• If you are at a cross roads with your business and perhaps had the energy knocked out of you by too many ups and downs, TriStart will be the first significant step in clearing your thoughts and re-kindling the fire
• If you are about to start your business - TriStart will ensure you ask yourself the right questions and give you some very clear pointers on how to succeed – you’ll also be able to answer the all important question - ‘is running my own business for me?’
When and How is my report delivered to me?
Once you have completed the questionnaire the report is displayed on the website immediately. You can also print it out using the standard print functions of your computer.
The report is retained on our database for you to access whenever you login to the website.