Due Diligence Communication

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

Aims

Goal: handle a due-diligence call — organised answers, realistic timelines, and problems disclosed with their corrective actions before investors find them.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Open the books

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Due Diligence Communication

    Read a 264-word text about Due Diligence Communication

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Due Diligence Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model due-diligence call

    Read a 319-word text about A model due-diligence call

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Due Diligence Responses

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: due-diligence language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Responding to Due Diligence Requests

    Role-play: Your lead investor has sent over a due diligence checklist and you're on a call addressing their questions about your business and financials. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: survive the DD call

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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