Curriculum
Becoming a tech founder
What a founder actually does, from finding the problem to running the company, followed through one fictional startup.
- 1.See the whole company8:18FreeLearn how a founder connects customer value, delivery, money, and decisions. Use constraints, small experiments, and a steady review rhythm to choose the next important job.
- 2.Choose a problem with weight8:08Define a focused customer, learn from actual behavior, and test whether the problem is urgent enough to support a real purchase.
- 3.Look for value that lasts7:43Distinguish first interest from lasting value. Define activation, follow customer groups over time, and improve the path from setup to a result worth repeating.
- 4.Price the promise7:05Choose a payment model that matches continuing customer value, real delivery costs, and the obligations your company accepts.
- 5.Make ownership explicit10:05Understand common company structures and put ownership, decision rights, vesting, taxes, and intellectual property into records that match reality.
- 6.Match money to the milestone7:55Compare customer funding, grants, support programs, debt, angels, and equity. Tie every source to a concrete result and a fallback plan.
- 7.Build a path to purchase7:41Create a repeatable route from customer attention to value. Understand buying roles, procurement, pipeline evidence, and the decision that follows a pilot.
- 8.Use numbers with names8:42Define recurring revenue, churn, acquisition cost, lifetime value, margins, burn, and runway so each number supports a real decision.
- 9.Hire into the bottleneck7:37Add a person only when a recurring bottleneck has a clear outcome. Define authority, classification, full cost, selection, and onboarding before hiring.
- 10.Build a company you can trust9:44Create dependable books, payment controls, tax planning, legal records, privacy practices, and operating reviews that prove important work is finished.