Lesson 1: Intro to startups and entrepreneurship
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50 Profitable Side Hustle Ideas
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100+ Side Hustle Ideas to Make $500+ in Your Spare Time
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12 Things I Learned From Starting Two 7-Figure Lifestyle Businesses
What’s the Difference between a Lifestyle Business and a Scalable Company?
What is a startup and how is it different from other companies (new and old)?
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Lesson 2: Value Proposition
Subtopics: Preparing for Pitching, SBOE Incubation Fund
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What is a Value Proposition? (Plus 3 Great Examples and 3 Common Mistakes)
Value Propositions: What They Are and How to Create Them (with Examples)
Why Value Propositions Are Important (And How To Create Them)
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Designing your Value Proposition by Alex Osterwalder at Mind the Product 2014
Achieve UNICORN STATUS - 5 Ways To Be An Order Of Magnitude Better Than Your Competition
📕 Pitching- Problem Slide Articles:
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The 31 Best Value Proposition Examples You Wish You Had
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DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day (What’s the problem?)
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
Subtopics: Pitch Prep - Solutions Slide, Federal Funding Opportunities
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26 Resources to Help You Master Customer Development Interviews
Customer discovery according to the Lean Startup methodology
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📕 Solutions Slide Articles:
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The Four Steps to Customer Discovery
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THE CUSTOMER DISCOVERY HANDBOOK
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📺 Solution Slide Videos:
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Video 1: What is customer discovery?
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Video 2: The Customer Development Process. 2 Minutes to See Why
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Quilt at Y Combinator Demo Day (How is Quilt better than the status quo?)
GetAccept - YC W'16 Demo Day (What’s the benefit of using Get Accept?)
YC Demo Day Pitch (vote.org) - (Notice how she leads with the solution first)
Lesson 4: How to test a Value Proposition
Sub Topics: Pitch Prep - Market Opportunity
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What is a Minimum Viable Product and How to Build an MVP for Your Startup
What are Key Minimum Viable Product Examples and How Can They Be Used?
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Strategyzer Webinar: The Basics Of Testing Business Ideas (1 HR)
13 Types of Minimum Viable Product (MVP): Wizard of Oz, Concierge, One Painkiller and 10 more
📕 Market Opportunity Slide Articles:
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Validating and Executing on Value Propositions
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📺 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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GiveMeTap Demo Day Pitch -- Are you convinced there is a market opportunity?
Unbabel Demo Day YC W14 --- (What market did they start in? Where are they going?)
How To Calculate Your Startup’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) The Right Way
Lesson 5: Measuring a Minimum Viable Product
Sub Topics: Pitch Prep - Go-To-Market & Financials, Funding via SBIR/STTR
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📕 Go-To-Market Slide Articles:
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How to test and validate your value proposition fast
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Validating and Executing on Value Propositions
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Enflux Presenting at YC Demo Day (Why did they start with weightlifting?)
YC W19 Pulse Active Stations Network Demo Day (There are 1 billion Indians, why is he starting in train stations?)
📕 Business Model Financials Slide Articles:
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Validating and Executing on Value Propositions
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“What is MVP and why is it necessary?”
📺 Financials Slide 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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📺 Financials/Business Model Slide Videos:
YC Demo Day Pitch (Official) -- Goodybag (He knows the numbers around his average customers)
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
Sub Topics: Founders vs. Early Employees, Pitch Prep - Team/Progress, Funding via Angels & VCs
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📕 Founder/ Employee / Contractor Articles:
How does a start-up decide whether to outsource or hire an employee?
When to Hire In-house vs. Outsourcing to Freelancers for your Agency or Startup
Employee vs. Independent Contractor: How to Classify Your Workers
What is the difference between a co-founder and an early employee?
📕 Raising Traditional Investments Articles:
Friends and Family Investors: The Dangers Startups Must Know
Venture Capital Vs. Business Loans: A Beginner’s Guide to Financing Alternatives
📕 Team Slide Articles:
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Validating and Executing on Value Propositions
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📕 Progress-to-Date Slide Articles:
📺 Progress-to-Date Slide 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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YC Demo Day W16-HistoWiz (Do you have any doubts about the team?)
Ramp - Demo Day Pitch (He talked about his team slide for 15 seconds. Convinced?)
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📺 Traction Slide Videos:
Flex Tampons Pitch (Has so much progress she leads with it)
Coinbase Y Combinator Demo Day Practice (Listen to the coaching when he describes progress)
How To Pitch Early Traction to Venture Investors like a Boss!
Lesson 7: Business Model Canvas
Sub Topics: Funding via EPSCOR + DARPA/ARPA-E, Pitch Prep Summary
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📕 Key Partners Articles:
📕 Revenue Articles:
📕 Channels Articles:
Marketing Channels Guide: 30+ Different Channels Categorized and Explained
How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Funnel (Templates Included)
The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources
📕 Customer Relationship Articles:
Marketing Channels Guide: 30+ Different Channels Categorized and Explained
How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Funnel (Templates Included)
The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources
📕 Channels Articles:
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Marketing Channels Guide: 30+ Different Channels Categorized and Explained
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The 6 Marketing Channels You Should Prioritize in 2020
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How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Funnel (Templates Included)
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How do I use the Customer Relationships building block of the Business Model Canvas?
Customer Relationships – Unpacking How To Fuel Long-Term Growth
Lesson 8: Pitch-Off & Next Steps
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How to partner with a larger company when you’re a startup
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Why Business Partnerships Fail
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The power of partnerships: Why businesses are better together
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Key Partners in Business Model Canvas
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