How to Validate your Startup Idea
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How to Validate your Startup Idea at Coursera Overview
Duration | 21 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
How to Validate your Startup Idea at Coursera Highlights
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got a tangible career benefit from this course. - Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
How to Validate your Startup Idea at Coursera Course details
- Starting a new business begins with an idea that needs to evolve through experimentation, iteration and interactions with people. This course is for existing and potential entrepreneurs who are looking for guidance and support to make their ?great idea? a reality. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of entrepreneurship, this course guides you through the process of actively validating your idea in the market. We encourage you to identify and communicate good opportunities and to create and capture value from these opportunities. By working through the course and completing the activities you?ll learn how to get feedback that systematically tests different parts of your business idea. You will learn how to do this through interacting with potential customers, suppliers, partners and investors outside the course. Along the way, you will also become more confident in pitching your idea. By the end of the course you should have a validated business idea that you can start right away.
How to Validate your Startup Idea at Coursera Curriculum
How can you learn entrepreneurship?
Video: Introduction to the Course and Entrepreneurship (3 min)
Video: How will your business idea evolve? The Lean Startup Method
About this course
Reading: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Activity: The Lean Startup Method and Business Model Canvas
Reading: Mentors, who needs them?
How is your idea valuable?
Video: How is your idea valuable?
Strategy Canvas: Mapping how you are different
Creating your first Persona and Customer Journey Map
Building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Measuring and Learning from your MVP
How will you reach more customers?
Video: How will you reach more customers?
Growing your business: Segmenting and targeting your niches
Partners and resources
How profitable is your idea?
Video: How profitable is your idea?
Income Statements
Forecasts and models
Metrics
Is investment capital right for you?
Video: Is investment capital right for you?
How will you finance your startup's growth?
Valuations
How will you pitch your idea?
Video: How will you pitch your idea?
Watch UNSW students pitch 'crumplemap'
Pitch structure: What key ingredients do you need?
Activity: Example pitch decks - Learning from the greats (& not so greats)
Contextualising and delivering your pitch
Activity: Example pitches - Learning from the greats (& not so greats)
Activity: Developing your pitch
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