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Question 1: Discuss the option of BIA's strategy as a Full-Service Investment Firm: Why is the investment advisory role promising? What are the downsides of this option? Would the company's venture-capital investors be in favor of sticking with this strategic direction? How would they achieve a significant return, or exit, on their investment in this scenario?

Question 2: Discuss the option of BIA's strategy as a Commodity Data Provider: Who else would want BIA's data? Why might quantitative investors, retain investors, or fundamental stock-pickers be interested in this data? How valuable was BIA's data to hedge funds? (And, if it was just a screening tool, how much would they be willing to pay?) Could BIA manage to be both a consultant and a data provider?

Question 3: Discuss the option of BIA's strategy as a Dedicated Hedge Fund: What kind of returns do BIA's techniques provide? Where are the returns strongest and where are they weakest? How likely are BIA's returns to endure? How will CEO's and other executives respond to an onslaught of companies assessing their speech patterns and non-verbal cues? How successful might they be in these efforts?

Question 4: Discuss the option of BIA's strategy as a Technology Player: Why might BIA choose to become an IT company over the other options? Which industry or application, outside of the financial services industry, do you think BIA should target?

Question 5: What does it mean to be scalable? is BIA's advisory business scalable? What are their biggest obstacles? Are BIA's methods working? What could they do to improve?