Intro to Entrepreneurship: Get started as an Entrepreneur

Learn everything you need to know to become an Entrepreneur. Master the concepts and coming up with great business ideas

Created by: Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

What Will I Learn?

• Understand and apply all the core concepts of Entrepreneurship
• Tell the difference between the realities of Entrepreneurship & the common myths
• Assess their own personality through the lens of Entrepreneurship & know how to find partners that have what they are lacking
• Focus in on the key traits and aspects needed to be successful as an Entrerpreneur
• Understand the Optimistic Deterministic framework of the future
• Understand and focus their Entrepreneurial efforts according to the correct venture process flow
• Align their efforts with the correct type of entrepreneur they want to become
• Understand the roles and expectations from them as their idea conceptualizes and grows
• Pick between what type of business best suits them
• Understand the concept of business modeling, and how new business models are creating exponentially more opportunity
• Understand and apply the concept of Scalability as an assessment tool
• Understand the correct & factual nature of business idea creation and set their expectations realistically
• Assess what skills and passions they have and apply them towards ideation
• Use 3 common techniques to come up with great business ideas
• Use 5 different techniques for easy validation of a business idea
• Understand the core concepts behind the Lean Startup Framework
• Understand how to create a pitch experiment & MVP based off their business idea
• Understand what options are available for financing their business
• Plan a strategy for attracting and pitching angel investors and venture capital
• Assess the viability of taking a small business loan and whether or not this is a good option strategically
• Generate business ideas that are insightful and actionable
• Understand business dynamics as they relate to idea generation
• Analyze 4 different sections of the business value chain for potential opportunities
• Understand the 5 different types of core innovation and how to apply them
• How to objectively assess their skills, passions, hobbies, & interests
• Understand the difference between business types and which one to aim for
• Use common techniques like problem identification to come up with ideas
• Use advanced techniques like disintermediation, local modifiers, market enablers to craft ideas
• Understand how to apply new, disruptive business models like Saas, Sharing economy, & PWYW
• Create business ideas that are not only specific but are complete
• Quickly evaluate and re-prioritize ideas based off 5 dimensions
• Understand the value of their ideas and what to focus on first
• Bring context into their environment and not get discouraged

Requirements

• Familiarity with common companies will help but is not necessary

Target audience

• Anyone interested in starting their own business and becoming self employed
• Anyone interested in becoming an Entrepreneur