Design and Market . Week 18. Questions

On 3rd February 2012 myself and Sarah, were brainstorming ideas for the questions  Below you can see what I came up with, some of them are research question, some are interview one:

• How company was created/What is the history of the company 
• how did get involved in the company to person interviewed
• how do you get your clients
• How do you market yourself /advertise
• Who are you clients
• What makes you different form competitors
• How the structure of the company looks like
• What are your plans for the future, plans for the growth
• Do you do everything in house, do you have freelancers/outside brother company
• How do recruiter your talent
• Can you say that in VFX industry you can talk about niche? If yes, do u have one
• Can you run individual VFX business
• What sort of amount of money you need to invest to start up VFX company
• Do you have any deals with the software companies
• What is the usual entry road into the company
• What is your profit
• what are the aims of the company
• Are there any values that you particularity believe in
• How many people do you employ 
• What is the official company status (stock shares etc.)

Also I had a close look at VES - The Visual Effects Society. In my opinion it is a good starting point for the research.