Patent ID: 8543442

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor and a memory; a platform templates datastore; a platform innovation engine coupled to the platform templates datastore; a business model selection engine coupled to the platform templates datastore; an investment engine coupled to the platform templates datastore; a jobs and outcomes datastore; a market selection engine coupled to the jobs and outcomes datastore; wherein, in operation: the platform innovation engine adjusts parameters of a template from the platform templates datastore to improve a score associated with a job; the business model selection engine facilitates generation of a basic business model using a platform associated with the template; the investment engine: determines if a venture can create an investment rate of return (IRR) that exceeds an IRR threshold; recommends, based on the determination, investment in the venture utilizing the platform associated with the template and the basic business model; the market selection engine selects a market using jobs data from the jobs and outcomes datastore.