Hello, I have put together the evidences below which I will include in my new application for Exceptional Promise, your feedback will be much appreciated:
Background: I have worked as a Business Analyst/Technical Business Analyst/ Product owner since 2020 and I have put together these evidences below for promise:
MC1: Funding evidence: I created a table of funds for my AI startup. This table includes different sources of active, secured and potential funding sources, including some personal funds that I have put aside towards MVP development + small incubator grant + innovate UK grants (identified). I have supplied screenshots showing available and active funds, and funds from incubator support.
MC2: I led the growth of social enterprise as evidenced by media clipping : I have provided media coverage of this digital platform which I launched in 2020 during covid-19 during unemployment for mums and women to offer digital services and mentoring, coaching. News link source provided. Link to the media provider as no.1 digital media of that country provided.
And email confirmation from their admin team showing i got 1804 online article views during 2020.
MC3: Public speaking in front of more than 200 attendees for startup pitching events (specialist event in digital technology) , size and attendance where possible: I provided the link of email confirmation of my startup’s name included in the pitching list of high growth startups, then a link to my video, and a picture of me speaking on the stage with the pitching event’s name in the background screen, as well as 2nd evidence of the below: I was selected among 450 applicants to pitch in front of more than 120 attendees on each of the three dates in April 2024 at a specialist AI-focused pitch event hosted by an AI incubator program + Evidence of Positive Startup Ratings for my pitch received from AI event Attendees + Screenshot from excel sheet Displaying a Total of 196 Attendees (highlighted in red) for AI Investor Pitch Event (this only includes the number, and the names of attendees are blurred).
OC1: As an employee, I worked on a patented product (it was patented a year before I joined, but I contributed towards its ongoing platform and product development via process flows and solution designs and architecture). I provided screenshot of an architecture diagram, process flows of a key platform component I worked on, and a screenshot of the main frontend customer facing functionality of this platform.
I also provided screenshot of AWS supporting this new patented startup via a source screenshot and a link. I also provided a screenshot of the turnover with a YoY growth from the previous year to the new financial year when I worked in this company with the highlighted financial figures from a source called ‘Pomanda.com’ for this company.
OC1: My own AI startup: I have provided architectural diagrams where possible along with one liner explanation of what this means, and how the platform will work. I also provided a product roadmap of the time lines of how my platform has evolved or pivoted since April 2024…I also provided screenshot proofs of my figma designs and the link to figma too + more architectureal diagrams
OC1: Platform development contract screenshots of the development services provided by the software company towards my startup’s initial proof of concept. (from mid this yea showcasing signatures of docusign and the first and last pages only of the contract). I also provided proof of payment to this software development company from my transaction receipt. (3 pages in total). Do i need to show this at all to basically highlight the fact that the incubator grant was spent on the initial proof of concept even though I have slightly pivoted since then…
OC3: Commercial impact showcasing the scale and impact of how many homes were positively impacted by the new data platform I architected. Link to AWS with screenshot of the website link, title of the media article and some front page content. Also provided one big process flow complex diagram which is taking up the entire second page. Third page includes reference letter from a senior colleague who worked on this project with me.
OC3: Commercial acquisition: i drove payments innovation in a payments company. Provided synopsis + screenshot of their website article showing the acquisition + process flow diagrams (technical in nature) + market analysis and research table which I did for the payments company which led to the acquisition of this company.
OC3: Gaming technology : I used Lotto again in this new application as I want to highlight how they built their own proprietary gaming platform and where my contributions led to enhanced user engagement on their digital platforms. I provided screenshot from their financial report showing this financial figure + my process diagrams + reference letter from a senior colleague.
Finally, one more supporting document: one for MC2 (I titled this document as supporting evidences for MC2): Two screenshot of two different reference letters + proof of digital platform (whowing the frontend website with the domain)…this website and non for profit was dissolved 3 years ago…so I no longer have proof of analytics to show the impact or growth of this social enterprise…is this something I can create on a power BI dashboard or best to showcase only till the reference letters and the proof of digital website if analytics do not exist? what about showing social media ads receipt of how I promoted this social enterprise?
I have also provided a bit of my background in my CV and personal statement as to how i transitioned from an admin / sales role to technology roles in 2020.
Thanks