2021 is a turning point, the year of transition into a new decade, a time of new speeds and unique opportunities. Competition is becoming global; only a few will be able to become a leader and “spun the funnel of luck.” How to join the 2% of the world's population with access to investment and create a billion-dollar project? The answer is in this book. “Think strategically. 500 investor questions and algorithms for answering them.” The book offers algorithms for successfully running a business, searching for your unique competence, analysis of typical mistakes of investors and innovators, ways to develop strategic thinking as the basis for achieving a successful result and spinning “funnels of luck”, and most importantly, reveals the thinking of investors around the world, concentrated in 500 questions and algorithms for answering them, collected from leading market experts. Its author, Ekaterina Ledokol, founder of the business club, accelerator, investment fund "Ledokol", author of training programs, consultant to leading Russian businessmen, shares more than fifteen years of experience in the venture capital industry. The guide offers practical guidance for entrepreneurs, digital leaders, investors and innovators. The book reveals new principles of the world order, strategies for communicating with resource owners, secrets of success derived from the analysis of the experience of world-famous businessmen, raises deep-seated questions concerning not only the business qualities of a promising entrepreneur, but also his internal state, argues the influence of the internal state and psychology of a manager on the success of his enterprise as a whole. The book is intended for entrepreneurs, teams of governors facing the task of developing the region and making it a leader, candidates for the positions of digital directors, innovators and students of higher education institutions, as well as all those who set out to change their lives for the better and thus lead your business to success.