Entrepreneurship & Business Building

The critical first steps of building a company:

• Validating ideas before building
• Finding product-market fit
• Building MVPs that teach you
• Early customer development
• Bootstrapping vs raising capital

Day-to-day realities of running a business:

• Financial management and unit economics
• Building high-performing teams
• Sales and customer acquisition
• Managing cash flow
• Creating company culture

Growing from startup to scale-up:

• When and how to scale
• Hiring for growth stages
• Sales and marketing automation
• Process and systems thinking
• Managing hypergrowth chaos

How funding works:

• Pitch deck essentials
• Valuation and term sheets
• Investor relations
• Alternative funding sources
• When NOT to raise money

Leading as a founder-CEO:

• Transitioning from builder to leader
• Difficult conversations and decisions
• Managing founder psychology
• Building advisory boards
• Knowing when to pivot or persevere

What they don't teach you in business school:

• Surviving near-death experiences
• Managing co-founder relationships
• Learning from failed ventures
• Balancing work and life
• Building sustainable businesses

Building and managing multiple ventures:

• Serial vs parallel entrepreneurship
• Synergies between companies
• Time and attention management
• Building operational leverage
• Exit strategies and transitions