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Entrepreneurship For All: The Startup Guide by Silicon Valley Insiders

Berkeley University of California via edX Professional Certificate

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Overview

This is a program on entrepreneurship, by entrepreneurs, for everyone. It gives students the Silicon Valley insiders’ view of startups, as its lecturers and guest speakers share their extensive experience in launching, growing, and funding successful start ups.

The lecturer's proceeds from this course will be donated to nonprofits in the education space.

Lectures, readings, discussions, and quizzes will cover core concepts along the startup life cycle:

  • VALIDATE: Idea and business validation (Why? Why Now? Why You?); Market sizing and analysis.
  • RECRUIT: Recruiting and incentivizing cofounders and advisors; attracting and retaining a great team.
  • BUILD: User-centric design and efficient product development to Minimal Viable Product (MVP) launch and beyond.
  • FUND: Bootstrapping; accelerators and incubators; angel and seed financing; raising venture capital.
  • SCALE: Applying Lean Startup Methodology to achieve Product-Market Fit; Growth hacking strategies for sales and customer acquisition; distribution partnerships; scaling to liquidity events (M&A and IPOs).

Guest speakers include the entrepreneurs and investors behind some of the biggest Silicon Valley successes in Fintech, Edtech, Gaming, Fashion, Healthtech. Gig Economy, Sustainability, B2B and B2C SaaS, Media & Entertainment:

  • Sal Khan (Khan Academy)
  • Steve Chen (Co-founder, YouTube)
  • Connie Chen (Andreessen Horowitz)
  • Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital)
  • Patrick Lee (Co-founder, Rotten Tomatoes)
  • Osman Rashid (Co-founder, Chegg)
  • Holly Liu (Co-founder, Kabam)
  • Hasan Rizvi (CPO, Doma – IPO 2021)
  • Marla Beck (Blue Mercury- acquired by Macy’s)
  • Jahanzeb Sherwani (CEO ScreenHero – acquired by Slack)
  • Jasmine Crowe (CEO, Goodr)
  • Umaimah Mendhro (CEO, Vida Fashions)
  • Amy Coveny (Quake Capital)
  • Ahmed Khaishgi (CEO, Squaretrade – acquired by AllState)
  • Charles Huang (Co-founder, Guitar Hero)
  • Carlos Cashman (CEO, Thras.io)

This program will give you the skills and confidence to:

  • start and help scale tech and non-tech startups
  • start or join social impact ventures (social entrepreneurship)
  • bring startup thinking and values to research and academic institutions, small- to-midsize enterprises (SMEs), and large corporations (intrapreneurship)

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Entrepreneurship For All (Part I): Idea to Launch

This is the Silicon Valley insiders’ guide to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs & investors from YouTube, Khan Academy, Rotten Tomatoes, Chegg, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, etc., join the lecturers to share concepts and experiences along the startup lifecycle.



Course 2: Entrepreneurship For All (Part II): To Product-Market Fit and Beyond

This is the Silicon Valley insiders’ guide to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs & investors from YouTube, Khan Academy, Rotten Tomatoes, Chegg, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, etc., join the lecturers to share concepts and experiences along the startup lifecycle.



Taught by

Umair Khan

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5.0 rating, based on 6 Class Central reviews

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    Amritansh Saraf
    This course is an absolute game-changer! The curriculum was thoughtfully designed, covering everything from ideation to execution, and the instructors' expertise and real-world experience added immense value. I highly recommend this course regardless of whether you have entrepreneurial ambitions or not because the guest speakers and the Professors (both are self-made immigrants who came to the US with very limited resources) have mind-blowing anecdotes from a diverse range of life experiences. I think I learned about much more than just entrepreneurship and the class helped me grow personally.

  • Anonymous
    This is one of the most valuable classes I have taken at Berkeley. It offers a hands-on introduction to the startup world. The renowned entrepreneurs speeches allowed me to engage with the material and critically think about and apply the different concepts that were taught in the course. The class is overall very engaging and an amazing experience. I learnt so much from the professors that I do not think I would have been able to anywhere else. Highly recommend!!
  • Anonymous
    The fact that this course has so many speakers coming in is a valuable asset. The speakers in the course are actual individuals that know how Silicon Valley works and what you need for success. This is a real insiders guide to startups. There is only a very few places where you can find content like the one in this wonderful course. It is very complete, Easy paced and straight forward.
  • Anonymous
    I learned so much throughout this course and it was by far the most insightful and engaging class I've taken at Berkeley! The Professors do an amazing job at delivering the material while also bringing in other guest speakers so you can truly understand that there are many paths to reach your end goal. Please take this class!
  • Anonymous
    This course is an amazing opportunity. The class is designed well and the professors are really cool. You would get great insights from guest speakers.

    It is an amazing opportunity to build a strong foundation in the field of entrepreneurship.
  • S. Akhtar
    Knew of this course by professor khan and professor huang at Berkeley and their edx course is really good - and it is free to audit. The guest speaker interviews are the highlight
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