How to Build a Startup

Online Course

Udacity
How to Build a Startup

What is the course about?

How to Build a Startup
The course How to Build a Startup is an online class provided by Udacity. The skill level of the course is Intermediate. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

In an introduction to the basics of the famous Customer Development Process, Steve Blank provides insight into the key steps needed to build a successful startup.

Course description
  • How to Build a Startup
  • 1 months
  • The Lean LaunchPad
  • The main idea in this course is learning how to rapidly develop and test ideas by gathering massive amounts of customer and marketplace feedback. Many startups fail by not validating their ideas early on with real-life customers. In order to mitigate that, students will learn how to get out of the building and search for the real pain points and unmet needs of customers. Only with these can the entrepreneur find a proper solution and establish a suitable business model.
  • Building a startup is not simply building an execution plan for a business model that the entrepreneur thinks will work, but rather, a search for the actual business model itself.
  • What We Now Know
  • Business Models and Customer Development
  • Value Proposition
  • Customer Segments
  • Channels
  • Customer Relationships
  • Revenue Models
  • Partners
  • Resources, Activities and Costs
  • History of the Corporation
  • Startups Are Not Smaller Versions of Large Companies
  • Waterfall Development
  • Customer vs. Product Development
  • Entrepreneurial Education
  • Value Proposition
  • Customer Segments
  • Revenue Streams
  • Key Resources
  • Customer Development Processes
  • Minimum Viable Product
  • Market Opportunity Analysis
  • Value Proposition and the Minimum Viable Product
  • Customer Archetype
  • MVP Physical && Web/Mobile
  • Common Mistakes With Value Proposition
  • Product Market Fit
  • Rank and Day in the Life
  • Multiple Customer Segments
  • Market Types Introduction: Existing, Resegmented, New, Clone
  • Consequences of Not Understanding a Market
  • Distribution Channels Overview
  • This class involves no programming. The characteristics of a budding entrepreneur: passion, tenacity, and a willingness to work hard, are essential.
  • We also recommend you join the class with at least a rough idea of a business model for a startup you would like to work on throughout this class.
  • See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.
  • You will learn the business skills it takes to bring your idea from conception to market. These include:
  • Actively listening and engaging your customers to find out what exactly they want in your product and how you should deliver it to them
  • Gathering, evaluating and using customer feedback to make your product, marketing, and business model stronger
  • Engaging your customers through the three phases of the customer relationship management lifecycle: get, keep, and grow
  • Identifying key resources, partners, activities, and distribution channels required to deliver your product to your customer
  • Calculating your direct and indirect costs for delivering your product

Prerequisites & Facts

How to Build a Startup

Course Topic

Computer Science, Programming

University, College, Institution

Udacity

Course Skill Level

Intermediate

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

How to Build a Startup

To obtain a verified certificate from Udacity you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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