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Overview
The Entrepreneurship For All - The Startup Guide by Silicon Valley Insiders programme in collaboration with University of California, Berkeley - UC BerkeleyX is a Professional Certificate.
Key Facts
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.
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)
Job Outlook
- Enter the world of tech startups: launch or join for-profit ventures.
- Become a social entrepreneur: scale and sustain non-profit, social impact startups.
- Succeed in large organizations: bring startup thinking and values to research and academic institutions, SMEs, and large corporations (intrapreneurship).
Programme Structure
What you will learn
- Validate: Idea and business validation (Why? Why Now? Why You?); Market sizing and analysis.
- Recuit: Recruiting cofounders; attracting advisors and building a great team.
- Build: User centric design and efficient product development to Minimal Viable Product (MVP) launch and beyond.
- Fund: Bootstrapping; angel and seed financing; accelerators and incubators; 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).
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
- 4 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Campus Location
- Portland, United States
Disciplines
Entrepreneurship View 82 other Short Courses in Entrepreneurship in United StatesWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
To obtain additional information about the programme, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents398 USD / full≈ 398 USD / full - Out-of-State398 USD / full≈ 398 USD / full
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