Founder University Modules

Live Sessions:

Finances for Startup Founders
How to Pitch Investors
Paid Acquisition
Data Rooms & Diligence

Week 1: Foundational Knowledge

01. Qualities of a winning founder
02. Coming up with an idea
03. How to protect your intellectual property
04. How to name your startup
05. Bootstrapping vs Fundraising

Week 2: Toolbox

01. Learning how to Learn (with Tools)
02. Getting Started with Limited Money
03. No Code Intro

Week 3: Building: MVP

01. Value Proposition
02. Initial MVP Requirements - Core Features
03. Build No Code - Low Code MVP

Week 4: Building: Business

01. Business Model
02. What is SaaS?
03. What is a Marketplace?
04. Elevator Pitch
05. Tracking Metrics

Week 5: Building: Users

01. Ideal Customer Profile
02. Finding your first users
03. How to demo your product
04. Balancing user feedback

Week 6: Building: Team

01. Identify Complementary Skills in a Cofounder
02. Hiring a team

Week 7: Research: Competition

01. Does your idea already exist?
02. Competitive Matrix

Week 8: Research: Market Analysis

01. Marketing & Acquisition
02. Bottom-up TAM
03. Market Analysis & Product Market Fit

Week 9: Go To Market Prep: Financials

01. Budgets & Expenses
02. What is a Venture Backed Startup

Week 10: Go To Market Prep: Accelerator Prep

01. The Pitch
02. Preparing to Fundraise
03. Fundraising Process

Week 11: Beyond Founder.University

01. Applying to Accelerators
02. Scaling Your Startup
03. Investment Instruments