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Lesson 1: Intro to startups and entrepreneurship

📕 Articles:

  1. 50 Profitable Side Hustle Ideas

  2. 100+ Side Hustle Ideas to Make $500+ in Your Spare Time

  3. Side Hustle Ideas: 176 Ways to Earn Extra Money (While Working Full-Time)Startup Definition: Everything About Startups

  4. Lifestyle Business: Ideas, Examples & How to Get Started

  5. 12 Things I Learned From Starting Two 7-Figure Lifestyle Businesses

  6. GROWTH VS. LIFESTYLE BUSINESS: WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

  7. What’s the Difference between a Lifestyle Business and a Scalable Company?

  8. Startup life versus faculty life

  9. What Is the Lean Startup Methodology?

  10. The Key Principles Of Lean Startup Methodology

  11. A Startup Conversation with Steve Blank

  12. What is a startup and how is it different from other companies (new and old)?

📺 Videos:

  1. Steve Blank - What is startup?

  2. Small Business vs. Startup with Steve Blank // Now I Know

  3. Startups vs Small Business: what's the difference?

  4. Assumptions Kill Startups - How To Quickly De-Risk Them


Lesson 2: Value Proposition

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  1. Strategyzer's Value Proposition Canvas Explained

  2. Value Proposition Canvas Explained by Alex Osterwalder

  3. The art of innovation | Guy Kawasaki | TEDxBerkeley

  4. Designing your Value Proposition by Alex Osterwalder at Mind the Product 2014

  5. Value Proposition Canvas explained through the Uber example

  6. Achieve UNICORN STATUS - 5 Ways To Be An Order Of Magnitude Better Than Your Competition

📕 Pitching- Problem Slide Articles:

  1. The 31 Best Value Proposition Examples You Wish You Had

  2. What is a Value Proposition? (Plus 3 Great Examples and 3 Common MistakesProblem Slide - How to Guide

  3. Getting the problem right: Investors and Consultants Talk About What Makes a Great Pitch Deck Problem Slide

📺 Videos:

  1. DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day (What’s the problem?)

  2. Unbird Techstars Boulder 2019 Demo Day Pitch (See if you can find the problem)

Lesson 3: Finding a Value Proposition Through Customer Discovery and Empathy

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  1. Video 1: What is customer discovery?

  2. Video 2: The Customer Development Process. 2 Minutes to See Why

  3. Video #3: EMPATHY - BEST SPEECH OF ALL TIME By Simon Sinek

  4. Video #4-13: Steve Blank Customer Interview Series

  5. How To Avoid False Positives in Your Customer Feedback

📕 Solutions Slide Articles:

  1. The Four Steps to Customer Discovery

  2. THE CUSTOMER DISCOVERY HANDBOOK

  3. 26 Resources to Help You Master Customer Development InterviewsSolution Slide - How to Guide

  4. How To Position The Solution In A Pitch Deck

📺 Solution Slide Videos:

  1. Video 1: What is customer discovery?

  2. Video 2: The Customer Development Process. 2 Minutes to See Why

  3. Video #3: EMPATHY - BEST SPEECH OF ALL TIME By Simon SinekQuilt at Y Combinator Demo Day (How is Quilt better than the status quo?)

  4. GetAccept - YC W'16 Demo Day (What’s the benefit of using Get Accept?)

  5. YC Demo Day Pitch (vote.org) - (Notice how she leads with the solution first)

Lesson 4: How to test a Value Proposition

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📕 Market Opportunity Slide Articles:

  1. What Your Opportunity Slide is Missing – Make Investors Believe

  2. Market Slide - How to test and validate your value proposition fast

  3. Validating and Executing on Value Propositions

  4. “What is MVP and why is it necessary?”Guide

  5. HOW TO HACK THE MARKET SLIDE ON YOUR PITCH DECK

📺 Market Opportunity Videos:

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Minimum Viable Product Examples and Benefits (7 min)

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Validate Your Ideas with the Test Card (3 min)

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  1. GiveMeTap Demo Day Pitch  -- Are you convinced there is a market opportunity?

  2. Unbabel Demo Day YC W14 --- (What market did they start in? Where are they going?)

  3. How To Calculate Your Startup’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) The Right Way

Lesson 5: Measuring a Minimum Viable Product

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📕 Go-To-Market Slide Articles:

  1. How to test and validate your value proposition fast

  2. Validating and Executing on Value Propositions

  3. “What is MVP and why is it necessary?”GO TO MARKET STRATEGY PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

  4. THE BEST GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY & HOW TO DEFINE YOURS

📺 Go-To-Market Slide Videos:

  1. Minimum Viable Product Examples and Benefits (7 min)

  2. Validate Your Ideas with the Test Card (3 min)

  3. Strategyzer Webinar: The Basics Of Testing Business Ideas (1 HR)

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  1. Enflux Presenting at YC Demo Day (Why did they start with weightlifting?)

  2. YC W19 Pulse Active Stations Network Demo Day (There are 1 billion Indians, why is he starting in train stations?)

  3. PITCH DECK MISTAKES: THE GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY

  4. How To Create a Killer Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy

📕 Business Model Financials Slide Articles:

  1. Business Model Slide - How to test and validate your value proposition fast

  2. Validating and Executing on Value Propositions

  3. “What is MVP and why is it necessary?”

📺 Financials Slide Videos:

  1. Minimum Viable Product Examples and Benefits (7 min)

  2. Validate Your Ideas with the Test Card (3 min)

  3. Strategyzer Webinar: The Basics Of Testing Business Ideas (1 HRGuide

  4. Pitch Deck Pointers Part 7: The Business Model Slide

📺 Financials/Business Model Slide Videos:

  1. YC Demo Day Pitch (Official) -- Goodybag (He knows the numbers around his average customers)

  2. Shiru Y Combinator Demo Day pitch (She doesn’t share a lot of financial numbers - but do you understand how she makes money?)

Lesson 6: How to Pivot Your Idea

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  1. The Pros And Cons Of Bootstrapping Startups

  2. Bootstrapping A Startup: The Essential Tips

  3. How to Raise a Friends and Family Round

  4. Friends and Family Investors: The Dangers Startups Must Know

  5. The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels

  6. Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital

  7. Raising Venture Capital

  8. Venture Capital Vs. Business Loans: A Beginner’s Guide to Financing Alternatives

📕 Team Slide Articles:

  1. Team Slide - How to test and validate your value proposition fast

  2. Validating and Executing on Value Propositions

  3. “What is MVP and why is it necessary?”Guide

  4. The Team Slide: You Had Me At Hello

  5. Pitch Deck Month: The Team Slide

📺 Team Slide Videos:

  1. Minimum Viable Product Examples and Benefits (7 min)

  2. Validate Your Ideas with the Test Card (3 min)

  3. Strategyzer Webinar: The Basics Of Testing Business Ideas (1 HR)

📕 Progress-to-Date Slide Articles:

  1. How to test and validate your value proposition fast

  2. Validating and Executing on Value Propositions

  3. “What is MVP and why is it necessary?”

📺 Progress-to-Date Slide Videos:

  1. Minimum Viable Product Examples and Benefits (7 min)

  2. Validate Your Ideas with the Test Card (3 min)

  3. Strategyzer Webinar: The Basics Of Testing Business Ideas (1 HR)YC Demo Day W16-HistoWiz (Do you have any doubts about the team?)

  4. Ramp - Demo Day Pitch (He talked about his team slide for 15 seconds. Convinced?)

📕 Traction Slide Articles:

  1. Pitch Deck Pointers Part 8: The Traction Slide

  2. Traction Slide - How to Guide

  3. What To Include In The Traction Slide Of A Pitch Deck

📺 Traction Slide Videos:

  1. Flex Tampons Pitch (Has so much progress she leads with it)

  2. Coinbase Y Combinator Demo Day Practice (Listen to the coaching when he describes progress)

  3. How To Pitch Early Traction to Venture Investors like a Boss! 

Lesson 7: Business Model Canvas

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📕 Customer Relationship Articles:

  1. Marketing Channels Guide: 30+ Different Channels Categorized and Explained

  2. The 6 Marketing Channels You Should Prioritize in 2020

  3. What is a Marketing Funnel?

  4. How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Funnel (Templates Included)

  5. The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources

📕 Channels Articles:

  1. Marketing Channels Guide: 30+ Different Channels Categorized and Explained

  2. The 6 Marketing Channels You Should Prioritize in 2020

  3. What is a Marketing Funnel?

  4. How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Funnel (Templates Included)

  5. The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack ResourcesHow do I use the Customer Relationships building block of the Business Model Canvas?

  6. Customer Relationships – Unpacking How To Fuel Long-Term Growth

  7. 8 Excellent Examples of Customer Relationship Management

  8. Building Customer Relationships

Lesson 8: Pitch-Off & Next Steps

📕 Articles:

  1. 15 Quick Pitch Tips for Kick Ass Presentations

  2. How to partner with a larger company when you’re a startup

  3. Why Business Partnerships Fail

  4. The power of partnerships: Why businesses are better together

  5. Key Partners in Business Model Canvas

  6. 13 Examples of Successful Co-Branding Partnerships9 Things That Take a Pitch From Good to Great

📺 Videos:

  1. The SECRET Ingredient to The PERFECT PITCH: How to tell a compelling STORY

  2. The SINGLE Most Important Element of Your Pitch

  3. Startup Pitch Video: How to Create a Pitch Deck for Investors