{"id":10696,"date":"2022-03-28T11:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T09:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apical.org\/the-calls-for-proposals-opportunities-and-risks\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T17:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:42:15","slug":"the-calls-for-proposals-opportunities-and-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.apical.org\/en\/the-calls-for-proposals-opportunities-and-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"The calls for proposals: opportunities and risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10696\" class=\"elementor elementor-10696 elementor-6902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5f4d11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5f4d11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5d9305\" data-id=\"d5d9305\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9909a1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9909a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The calls for proposals: opportunities and risks<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1187808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1187808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A call for bids requires some ability to foresee the <strong>future<\/strong>, and this is a really difficult exercise for those who are starting out.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56ddc83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56ddc83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddeaf62\" data-id=\"ddeaf62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4c5c22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4c5c22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0d1366\" data-id=\"a0d1366\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859d8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"859d8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6907\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/old.apical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/200776956_10224487074782982_9032867718446777053_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a345067 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a345067\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83d996c\" data-id=\"83d996c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f3a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63f3a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The calls are an extraordinary opportunity,<\/p>\n<p>at Apical Passport we seek them out and select them to help companies finance their own growth, and then we step in as providers of technology, training, and support to ensure that everything works well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mature&#8221; companies with a clear idea of their path usually have little trouble figuring out how to spend and what direction to go (not true, so many waste a lot of money but whatever \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>projects in the launch phase<\/strong>, this changes.<\/p>\n<p>By definition, a tender requires some ability to predict the <strong>future<\/strong>, and this is a really difficult exercise for those who are starting out and still have endless question marks squared in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>The risk is to simplify things, to think that the notice money will be able to solve all our problems.<br \/>Then you end up planning impossible things, maybe just wrong, and then you find yourself having to correct the way along the way.<br \/>Most of the time we waste all or part of the money received and spent on funding things that we don&#8217;t actually need, that we won&#8217;t use.<\/p>\n<p>See that it really is:<br \/>1) Companies win bids<br \/>2) They think they will solve everything with funds.<br \/>3) They make bad decisions<br \/>4) They waste money and time<br \/>5) They start over<br \/>6) They find that they could do everything without that money.<\/p>\n<p>The message is: watch out!<br \/>The calls give money that make <strong>startups<\/strong> think they are companies and turn beautiful projects into rigid equations forced to make the only decisions that confirm the things written in the call itself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Better to do the startup stage first and then become companies in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Repeat with me: money can&#8217;t blow the validation phase, money can&#8217;t blow the validation phase&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It is not always so clearly, indeed I know enlightened people who have been able to write the notices well and make the most out of them.<br \/>But if I have to give general advice a little bit to all*.<br \/>Do the Pilot first, then participate in the calls for proposals<br \/>Don&#8217;t do the opposite!!!<br \/>Don&#8217;t do it \ud83d\ude42<br \/>Really!<\/p>\n<p>N<\/p>\n<p>Happines is a <em>movement<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-349e65b 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