Growth Academy Module I: Startup Development Phases

This course is based on a serie of webinar trainings that Startup Commons has done with varios startup ecosystem operators.

Every single module of Growth Academy is design to be independent from the others and to be consumed alone.

Training target:

1. To give an overview of startups, startup development phases and startup ecosystems as the “factory” (or funnel).

2. Communicate from various stakeholders’ perspective for a holistic view: entrepreneurs’, team members’ (team build vs. joining a team), investors’, governments’, and operative support organizations’.

3. To help shine a light on what are the most important activities to focus on from each of these perspectives at each of the development phases. 

Topics:

• General presentation about startup development phases: from formation, to validation, to scaling. Key points from each of the stages from various perspectives (entrepreneur, team member, mentor, investor etc.)

• Key terminology: idea & innovation, entrepreneurship & startups

• Key success & failure factors

• Investors, valuation, advisors & mentors

• How startup stages help in building a venture

• How do investors and others view startups

• How is value built and measured in various phases

• Basic methods & tools

• Additional tools & resources for self learning

About Startup Commons

Startup Commons is dedicated to scaling innovation entrepreneurship for business creation around the world. We provide open standard development framework, scalable innovation entrepreneurship education and training, ecosystem development consulting and enable startup ecosystem operators to drive digital transformation to connect, visualize and make data flow within and between startup ecosystems globally.

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