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University of California, Berkeley

Entrepreneurship For All (Part I): The UC Berkeley Startup Guide for students by Silicon Valley Insiders

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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)

Taught by

Umair Khan

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5.0 rating, based on 7 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at edX based on 11 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    This class was by far my favorite class I've taken at Berkeley! Professor Khan and Professor Huang do a really great job of deep diving into the necessary foundations to create a successful startup. Coupled with the startup simulation and speaker series, this class really gives you all the necessary information on how to successfully launch your startup while giving you many different perspectives in the industry.
  • Anonymous
    I took this course and It has been one of the best entrepreneurship courses I’ve taken. It is very complete and it enables a diverse range of perspectives. Being challenged you develop an idea out of a problem is the core for any entrepreneur attempting to get out there. This is why this part of the course was a key element to reach that phase.
  • Anonymous
    This is definitely one of the best courses I have taken at Berkeley. The class was well-structured and followed a good pace. All of the guest speakers were amazing and provided valuable insight into the world of entrepreneurship. The topics were covered in-depth and well-explained. I would, without a doubt, take this class again!
  • Anonymous
    I took this course in January 2023. The class design is nice and the professors are great. It is a great learning experience!

    If you are interested in entrepreneurship this course should be the way to go!
  • S. Akhtar
    I took this free version of the "entrepreneurship for all" UC Berkeley course on EdX and found it excellent - great guest speakers and detailed lectures with examples on startup lifecycle.
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    Amritansh Saraf
    High-quality content presented by legendary yet grounded people. This course was easily amongst the best-taught courses I took at Berkeley and definitely the most fun one.

  • Anonymous
    This was an excellent course with very practical tips on starting up - both lecturers and the guest speakers were great.
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