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Task 159 · Group 8

Programme Intake Baseline Snapshot

Programme Intake Baseline Snapshot helps the founder or programme team assess intake snapshot. Within Accelerator, Incubator & Venture-Building Delivery, it turns a broad or uncertain area of the venture into a concrete Bertie work product that can be reviewed, improved and reused. The task is intentionally discrete: it should produce a specific artefact, decision, evidence item or risk signal rather than general learning notes.

Objective

Establish a clear baseline and decision score for Programme Intake Baseline Snapshot. The objective is to remove ambiguity around intake snapshot, give the founder a decision-ready output, and make it clear whether the venture should progress, repeat the task with stronger evidence, escalate to expert support, or move into a linked stage.

When this task is assigned

Bertie or a programme manager assigns Programme Intake Baseline Snapshot when the venture needs a decision-ready output for this group. Typical triggers include group-gate reviews, evidence gaps identified by the co-pilot or founder request.

Dependencies & prerequisites

programme objective; target founder profile; selected stages; delivery resources; assessment criteria; specific context for intake snapshot.

Actions in this task
6 actions
  1. The founder gathers all current documents, metrics, pitch materials, and baseline venture data required to establish the cohort entry status. They centralise team profiles, initial traction indicators, pre-programme commitments, and Cap Table details into a single intake repository. This creates an unverified raw dataset representing the venture at the exact point of programme entry.

    Objective

    Completing this action compiles the baseline data required to evaluate the venture at entry. It provides the empirical foundation for the baseline snapshot, preventing downstream misdiagnoses caused by missing or outdated venture information.

    What's expected

    The founder must provide a populated intake folder containing the current business model, cap table, team biographies, and historical financial logs. All claims regarding pre-programme traction must be backed by raw data exports, bank statements, or signed customer agreements.

    Consultant stress-test · 5 questions
    1. 1.What primary evidence supports the historical traction metrics provided in this initial intake dataset?
    2. 2.Why have you omitted recent customer acquisition logs or cap table notes from this collection?
    3. 3.How do you verify that the team availability commitments made during application match current operational realities?
    4. 4.Which specific financial inputs reflect verified bank balances rather than projected revenue streams?
    5. 5.How does the completeness of this baseline dataset compare with the standard data room required by institutional seed investors?
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Expected outputs
  • A data-room asset titled Programme Intake Baseline Snapshot
  • A diagnostic score, interpretation of the strongest and weakest signals, and a short list of priority interventions
  • It should update the venture DNA with specific evidence or decisions about intake snapshot, create a visible milestone in the founder journey, and generate one or more recommended next tasks
AI co-pilot support

Bertie co-pilot helps programme managers configure stages, monitor cohort progress, identify stuck ventures, and convert outputs into stage-gate decisions. For this task, it should focus on intake snapshot, prompt the founder for missing inputs, draft or improve the output, flag weak assumptions, and record the result back into the relevant data-room section.

Advisor / human support

A mentor or evaluator can review the output at the group gate. Programme managers can require an advisor checkpoint before Bertie moves the venture forward.

scienceTry the loop: co-pilot simulation

Draft your output and let Bertie review it