Team Questions

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: answer the team questions — why you, co-founder dynamics, gaps, equity — with specifics instead of adjectives, naming weaknesses before investors do.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: They invest in people

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Team Questions

    Read a 338-word text about Team Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Team Questions Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Four team questions, answered whole

    Read a 276-word text about Four team questions, answered whole

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Team-question language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Green flag or red flag?

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Team Question Responses

    Role-play: An investor is asking about your team composition and dynamics. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your team answers, live

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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dynamicsself-awarenessdomain expertisecomplementaryequity splitred flagintentionalityproactive

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