
Entrepreneurs launch by asking simple, curious questions—what if, isn't this odd, how can we make lives better. Canva's founders illustrate how simple questions lead to simple answers and great companies.
Crossing the chasm explains why early adopters alone don't guarantee mainstream traction and highlights how a nonlinear, review driven marketplace shifts influence from elite critics to everyday users.
Entrepreneurs should avoid delusional optimism and hiring mirror images, resist overcontrol, and instead deliver credible forecasts, build diverse teams, and pursue a valuable company with less dilution.
Launch by defining a two- to three-word mantra and building a prototype; perform a bottom-up analysis and tell a story rooted in personal motivation to improve dog food.
Learn why pitching drives entrepreneurship, and how to persuade for partnerships, sales, capital, or hires by changing minds, using two approaches—Tinder-like quick impact versus eHarmony-style thorough fit.
Discover the ideal pitch: in the first 30 seconds explain what you do, show the prototype or demo, and reveal fast traction with thousands signing up daily.
Start strong in a pitch by aiming for a fast takeoff and making steady progress through the pitch. Avoid distractions, respect questions, and prepare relentlessly with backups and audience research.
Avoid using patents as the defensible reason; emphasize success and scale instead. Don't claim only you can do it, no competition, or conservative projections and scarcity.
Lagoon pitches a sensor that wraps around the water meter to deliver near real time, fixture level water use and leak alerts for households, property owners, and utilities.
Explore funding options from friends, fools, and family to angels and venture capitalists, learn fundable vs viable, and discover crowd sourcing via Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
Trace rounds of financing from angel loans to series A through D, noting discounts for risk and the shift from sizzle to scaling.
Build a strong team by attracting great players who share a clear vision and align on size, timeline, and commitment, while embracing diverse expertise, orientation, and perspective.
Repeat your tweets and social posts to maximize total interactions across your audience. Post at multiple times to reach people who don't check feeds at the same moment.
As an entrepreneur active on social media, respond to comments with courtesy, investigate negative feedback, and avoid arguments. Remember the audience watching, and limit replies to three rounds.
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Explore how to navigate entrepreneurship: embrace uncertainty in idea success, build non-technical teams, implement vesting, craft clear branding, network effectively, and grow from niche focus to horizontal markets.
The hardest part of starting your own business is taking the first step. This course is designed for budding entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and experience levels. If you're even remotely interested in becoming an entrepreneur or starting your own business, you can't afford to miss out on Guy's 30 years of hard-earned wisdom.
Discover How to Build a Business and a Brand Identity that Wows Investors and Attracts a Devoted Following
·Master the essential steps for creating your own company.
·View your startup through the eyes of marketing evangelist Guy Kawasaki.
·Improve the efficiency of your business plan by learning what steps to avoid.
·Experience a live pitch by an entrepreneur and hear uncensored feedback.
Develop a Versatile Approach to the Startup Process from a True Innovator who’s been both an Entrepreneur and an Investor
In this course, you’ll not only learn the essential principles of starting your own business, you’ll also benefit from the course instructor Guy Kawasaki’s 30+ years of experience working as an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor.
Guy understands the entrepreneur’s point of view and the investor’s point of view, and he will help you to see your business from both sides of the table. When you take this course, you will receive privileged access to Guy’s unique anecdotal advice about his experiences working for technology giants like Apple and Google, and his role in creating several innovative Silicon Valley startups.
Contents and Overview
Whether you already have a detailed business plan or just a great idea that you’re passionate about, you’ll find value in the way this course breaks down the various concepts of entrepreneurship in an easy and accessible manner with plenty of real-world examples, tips and tricks, and wisdom from a seasoned entrepreneur.
·Entrepreneurship from A to Z: Starting with Launching and Pitching, moving on to Fundraising and Team Building, and concluding with Marketing and Evangelizing, this course will take you through each step necessary to start your own business.
·Interactive Exercises: You’ll watch as an entrepreneur just like yourself pitches his company to a potential investor and then hears Guy’s uncensored feedback.
·Answers to FAQs: Guy will answer several commonly asked questions that have been posted on his social media pages, including “When do you know when you have a winning idea?” and “How do you stay positive during the lows and stay calm during the highs?”
After completing this course, you will understand a range of time-tested strategies and have gained practical advice that takes you further along the journey from having an idea to being a full-fledged entrepreneur. You will gain the clarity and confidence needed to create a lasting, influential company.