A new researcher joined the team mid-September bring the team count to 13 of which 1 is on maternity leave back 1 October.
September was the first month where the research team was rewarded using a performance-based reward system that allows the research team to earn based on their input effort. It was met with a bit of resistance, especially the “under performers” but results exceeded our expectations. That being said, we will continue to streamline the process.
During September, 262 new projects vs 82 in August were added. There were 615 new companies created and verified vs 502 during August. There were 1,803 contacts (people) created during September vs 1,839 in August.
We are currently researching cost data to build a library of cost splits on project type for materials, labour & equipment. This project will be completed by the end of October after which it will move to product development. We have also researched basic country resource data such as oil, gas, power, etc production statistics. This will go into production in December 2020.