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A fintech startup has raised seed funding and plans a pilot in one city before a national launch. A founder argues that this staged rollout with predefined go/no-go checkpoints is a risk strategy. Which statement best explains why the approach reduces risk most effectively?

A staged pilot with go/no-go checkpoints reduces risk because capital is committed in limited tranches and assumptions are tested before scaling. If the pilot fails, the loss is capped at that stage's investment. It does not guarantee profit, transfer all risk to investors, or remove monitoring.

  1. AIt limits capital committed at each stage, so assumptions are tested and losses capped before further investmentCorrect
  2. BIt guarantees that the national launch will be profitable
  3. CIt transfers all business risk to the seed investors
  4. DIt removes the need to monitor market feedback after the pilot

Explanation

Staged rollouts with checkpoints reduce exposure by committing money only as evidence validates assumptions, so any failure costs only the stage's investment. They cannot guarantee profit, do not shift risk entirely to investors, and rely on continuing feedback rather than removing it.

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