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title: "From a retrospective to a research brief | SOON"
description: "Inspect a SOON research proposal from an Echo IQ retrospective, and see how a past case can shape the questions behind your next investment decision."
url: "https://soon.com.au/examples/research-to-decision"
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Investor research

# Turn hindsight into a better research question.

In an Echo IQ retrospective, SOON proposed bringing hospital agreements, regulatory milestones and capital flows together into a MedTech monitoring brief.

Use the proposal as a hypothesis to investigate. It sets a direction for research; it does not establish a tested forecasting model or an investment result.

01 · The question

## What should you look for next?

Examine a past case to identify questions for your next investigation. Ask which hospital, regulatory and capital-flow signals deserve closer attention.

02 · The research

## Bring the evidence together.

The proposed approach combines hospital agreements, regulatory signals and institutional capital flows. Their timing and relationship become the focus of the research.

03 · The output

## Review a concrete proposal.

A monitoring-model proposal sets out the approach, effort and planning horizon. You can assess what to investigate before committing to the work.

The proposed work

## A brief you can assess.

[Open the original output](https://soon.com.au/lovable-uploads/platform/eiq-recommendation.jpg)

**Proposed approach**

Predictive model / real-time alert system

**Effort**

High

**Planning horizon**

Immediate to 6 months

![SOON research proposal from the Echo IQ retrospective. It proposes combining hospital deals, regulatory signals and capital flows, with high effort and a planning horizon of up to six months. A relationship graph sits beside the proposal.](https://soon.com.au/lovable-uploads/platform/eiq-recommendation.jpg)

Original Echo IQ retrospective output. The 8/10 score is the generated assessment of the proposal, not a probability of investment success.

## Bring your next decision.

See how your business context can shape the research and work your team needs.

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