Module 1:
Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship
Learn how to apply the "lean approach": transform a good idea into a successful business venture while minimizing risk
Module 2:
Building the Right Team
Learn how to select founding members, employees, managers, and other key players on your team
Module 3:
Lawyers, Advisors, and Mentors
Learn how to use innovation and networking to drive your enterprise forward
Module 4:
Business Models and Customer Lifetime Value
Learn how to choose the right business model for your venture
Module 5:
Customer Acquisition and Demand Generation
Learn how to find markets and create demand for your product
Module 6:
Pricing and Distribution Strategies
Learn how to apply cost structures and pricing mechanisms to your business and use performance measurement tools effectively
Module 7:
Gearing Up for Scale
Learn to recruit people who will build your company’s culture and use it to scale up your venture
Module 8:
Financing: Funding and Valuation
Learn the various sources of financing available for your business
Module 9:
Financing: Venture Capital vs. Alternative Funding Channels
Learn how to make a wise decision about venture capital or alternative funding and how to estimate a breakeven point
Module 10:
Elements of the Pitch
Create executive summaries and pitch decks for your business and understand how the exit of founding shareholders affects liquidity
Module 11:
Business Plan Competition
Participate in a business plan competition with your peers and create a pitch for your own venture. The winner of the competition and the runner-up will win a substantial cash prize to use for seed funding (rules and restrictions apply).
Module 1:
Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship
Learn how to apply the "lean approach": transform a good idea into a successful business venture while minimizing risk
Module 7:
Gearing Up for Scale
Learn to recruit people who will build your company’s culture and use it to scale up your venture
Module 2:
Building the Right Team
Learn how to select founding members, employees, managers, and other key players on your team
Module 8:
Financing: Funding and Valuation
Learn the various sources of financing available for your business
Module 3:
Lawyers, Advisors, and Mentors
Learn how to use innovation and networking to drive your enterprise forward
Module 9:
Financing: Venture Capital vs. Alternative Funding Channels
Learn how to make a wise decision about venture capital or alternative funding and how to estimate a breakeven point
Module 4:
Business Models and Customer Lifetime Value
Learn how to choose the right business model for your venture
Module 10:
Elements of the Pitch
Create executive summaries and pitch decks for your business and understand how the exit of founding shareholders affects liquidity
Module 5:
Customer Acquisition and Demand Generation
Learn how to find markets and create demand for your product
Module 11:
Business Plan Competition
Participate in a business plan competition with your peers and create a pitch for your own venture. The winner of the competition and the runner-up will win a substantial cash prize to use for seed funding (rules and restrictions apply).
Module 6:
Pricing and Distribution Strategies
Learn how to apply cost structures and pricing mechanisms to your business and use performance measurement tools effectively