By taking this course, you'll master critical steps necessary for the ultimate success of your new business. You'll learn how to define your vision and how to build a team around that vision. You'll then learn how to transform your vision into an engaging story that will inspire investors to fund your business. You’ll do this by learning from some of the top voices in Silicon Valley, including Matt Kaufman, VP of Operations at Crunchbase, Gil Ben-Artzy, Co-Founder of UpWest Labs, and Gigi Levy-Weiss, Founding Partner of NFX Guild. Hear from successful entrepreneurs, including Noam Schwartz of SimilarWeb, Krispy Uccello of Google, and Art Gillespie of Udacity.

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Course Features

Duration

3 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

In this course, you will learn the essential skills needed to successfully pitch your business and secure the funding necessary to launch your new company. The course covers various aspects of business development, including writing clear and compelling mission and vision statements, setting goals, and finding mentors, co-founders, and contractors to provide support along the way. These steps will help you establish a solid foundation for your business and confidently pursue viable funding models such as bootstrapping, crowdsourcing, accelerators, and incubators. The ultimate goal of the course is for you to develop your own unique pitch deck, which can be used to attract investment and launch your business. By completing this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively start up your own business.

Course Overview

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

This course has no formal prerequisites, but you will get a lot more out of the instruction and exercises if youa\x80\x99ve completed the following courses: Product Design, App Monetization, Rapid Prototyping, and App Marketing

What You Will Learn

Build Your TeamFind co-founders and mentorsGet started with freelancers and employees

Create Your Pitch DeckBuild your storyPrepare a pitch deck you can use to gain customers or secure investment

Define the Skills You NeedPrepare to start building your team by analyzing your goalsEvaluate your needs, and identify your skill gaps

Get Capital for Your BusinessBootstrapping, Angel Investors, Venture CapitalistsThink about incubators, and accelerators as options for financing your business

Set Your GoalsWrite your mission and vision statementsSet your milestonesDecide on the steps you plan to take to reach these goals

Course Content

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Course Features

Course Description

Module 1: Set Your Goals

Module 2: Define the Skills You Need

Module 3: Build Your Team

Module 4: Get Capital for Your Business

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