Startup Fast Track: Confident Launch in 90 Days or Less

Validate your startup idea, build a list of waiting customers, and get paid, even if you have nothing to sell yet!

Created by: Donatas Jonikas (PhD)
World’s Top 30 Startup Guru for 2020 | Founder | Consultant

What Will I Learn?

• Define your startup business model in 20 min or less
• 6 main risk types and 4 simple strategies to handle them
• How to estimate your target market size using top-down and bottom-up methods
• 10 slides for your 3-min pitch deck to grab and hold attention of investors
• 2 in 1 system: learn and build your startup by doing practical tasks
• How to use value proposition design framework in practice
• How to analyze your competitors and use Blue Ocean strategy to make competition almost irrelevant
• How to calculate fixed and variable costs, cash-burn rate, break-even point and need for investment
• 3 levels of value proposition and the formula of irresistible offer
• Profit hacking formula and 18 traffic sources for the long run success
• 5 essential steps how to make your interviews with potential customers really valuable
• 16 lead magnet types to build a list of customers even if you don't have a product yet
• Market research fundamentals to eliminate guess work and be confident in your business decisions
• 5 main hypotheses every startup should check and 17 types of MVPs that could be used for that
• Define your ideal customers and improve your business using customer journey map
• 16 monetization models your startup could use to earn revenue
• How to build a combined MVP to check multiple hypotheses at the same time and in cost effective way
• How to prepare your marketing plan on 1 page and build a viral loop to increase your startup chances for viral growth
• How to avoid vanity metrics and measure what really matters (AARRR metrics)
• How to design and actually build your lead or sales funnel
• 14 sales weapons and sales plan framework to win B2B clients
• 7 main reasons why most startups fail in sales and how to avoid them

Requirements

• No pre-requisite knowledge is required
• Experience in digital marketing will be helpful but not necessary

Target audience

• Startup founders and anyone interested in building a successful startup
• Entrepreneurs who have ideas or are already in the middle of a project
• Small business owners who want to test their new business ideas before building
• Marketers looking to test new products or create new sales funnels without significant spending upfront
• Product Managers who don't want commit on new products or features without evidence of demand
• Anyone trying to minimize the risk associated with their new venture
• Anyone looking for new skills in the realms of entrepreneurship and marketing