SU Build:
Between February-March entrepreneurs learn how to build true product with true team and true business model to the true market
Idea – Market - Business Model
- Who are the customer? How is the existing ecosystem going? Explore a harmony between the product and the customer that is sustainable and creating a difference and benefit (unit economy, customer costs, customer value, starting to spin its wheels, breakeven point, final point.
Build the Product & Roadmap
- Develop true metrics that test and improve built product and business model and develop a minimum viable product (MVP) prototype
Find & Manage Resources
- How to find partner, put together a team, establish a firm and manage it? How to finance it? (family, friends, fools, government grants, angel investment) How to form 3-6-9 month roadmaps?.
SUCOOL 2014 2015 ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING CURRICULUM
Session Title | Session Topics |
Entrepreneurial Mindset & Entrepreneurial Journey | Opportunity vs ideas, qualities of entrepreneur and team to nurture, risk profile, unique value proposition of the entrepreneur, entrepreneur's assets |
The Market & | Business Model Canvas (Market Size, Need & Problems, Channels, Customer Development, Segmentation) |
Value Proposition, | Solution Validation, Product Validation, Competitive Positioning, Blue & Red Ocean |
Solution & Product, Pricing, | Unit economics, life time value, cost of customer acquisition, minimum efficient scale, break even point |
Product & User Experience | How to develop MVPs & Prototypes for Validation, Lean Product Development, User Experience Design |
Startup | B2C B2B Marketing, Content Marketing, Building a Funnel (Acquisition, Activation, Revenue, Retention) |
Legal Issues | Company formation, legal issues and documents around intellectual property, confidentiality, copyrights, trademarks, patents, employees, customers, investors |
Negotiating & | How much to fundraise, when to fundraise, how to fundraise, investor pitch preperation |
Building & | Cofounders, first employees, employees, freelancers, contractors, advisors, investors, fans & how to manage them |
Execution: Creating & | 9-18 month business & technical roadmap. Vanity metrics versus value-driver-metrics |
Investor Pitchdeck & | Is it feasible / possible? Can this team do it? Is it well presented & attractive? |
Special Session for | Extra regulatory, legal, value chain challenges; development cycles; how to navigate them in energy |
Special Session for | Extra regulatory, legal, value chain challenges; development cycles; how to navigate them in biotech & lifesciences |