The Startup Playbook
A comprehensive course on the startup playbook (ebook), covering core concepts, practical applications, and industry best practices.
Created by Deepika Rao, Venture Partner
What you'll learn
- Validating ideas quickly
- Writing a business plan
- Pitching to investors
- Planning growth
- Understand business models and unit economics
- Understand fundraising and equity basics
Course curriculum
12 modules · 119 lessons · 2,100 minPlanned outline shown above (sample metadata). The detailed module and lesson list for this course hasn't been published yet.
Description
A comprehensive course on the startup playbook (ebook), covering core concepts, practical applications, and industry best practices.
What this course covers: The Startup Playbook works through business models and unit economics, fundraising and equity basics, go-to-market and growth and building an MVP.
Skills you will build: writing a business plan, pitching to investors and validating ideas quickly.
Practical applications: launching a startup, building a side business and presenting to investors and partners.
Who should take this course: aspiring founders, early-stage entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. It suits learners who already know the basics of entrepreneurship and want to go deeper.
Learning outcomes: by the end of the course you should be able to apply business models and unit economics and writing a business plan to your own work or projects, and know which areas to practise next.
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of entrepreneurship
- A computer with internet access
- Willingness to complete practice tasks
Your instructor
Deepika Rao
Venture Partner · 11+ years of experience
Deepika Rao is a venture partner with 11+ years of experience in entrepreneurship. Deepika teaches finding and validating ideas and customer discovery with practical, step-by-step examples.
Reviews
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Charu O. 4.0/5 Sample review
Well organised. Revisiting the building an MVP part a second time really helped it click. Equity and cap table basics explained without jargon.
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Ira M. 4.5/5 Sample review
The section on fundraising and equity basics was explained step by step, and the examples made go-to-market and growth much easier to follow. The idea-validation exercises saved me from building the wrong product.
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Sowmya R. 4.0/5 Sample review
I joined to get better at writing a business plan. The practical exercises on business models and unit economics were exactly what I needed. Pitch deck feedback criteria were very practical.
Sample reviews are illustrative demo content, not verified purchases. Ratings from learners will appear here once submitted.
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