Lean Startup Training for Start-ups and Early Stage Companies
- Prime your business for product launch and/or investment
- Prepare an investor- or consumer-oriented pitch
- Intensive 10-week course with coaching
- Understand the value of a Minimal Viable Product
- Validate your market prior to launch
The Lean LaunchPad Approach
Entrepreneurs will utilize the Lean LaunchPad methodology and the Business Model Canvas to brainstorm nine building blocks that constitute their businesses. They’ll practice evidence-based entrepreneurship as they learn how to use a business model to brainstorm each part of a company and customer development to get out of the classroom to validate customer interest. Finally, based on the customer and market feedback gathered, they will use agile development to rapidly iterate their product or concept to build/design something customers will actually buy and use.
Expected Deliverables: validated market, validated business model, investor- or consumer-oriented pitch deck, refined elevator pitch
Who Should Attend
- Startups and early stage companies of all kinds
- Established companies planning to launch a new product or initiative
Expectations
- Entrepreneurs should expect to spend about 30 minutes each week listening to the Steve Blank Udacity course “How to Build a Startup” (https://www.udacity.com/course/ep245)
- Entrepreneurs should expect to spend at least five hours each week outside of class conducting interviews and updating their canvases.
- Entrepreneurs should be ready to present their updated Business Model Canvas to the group, every second or third meeting.
Program Details
Classes: will meet one evening a week for 10 weeks from 6-9 pm on Thursday evenings beginning February 18, 2016 and ending April 21, 2016.
Location: JD Nichols Campus for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Cost is $895 per person; cost for second and third person involved in the same startup or business is $250/person.