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The Startup Playbook

A comprehensive course on the startup playbook (ebook), covering core concepts, practical applications, and industry best practices.

4.1★★★★★(134 reviews) 820 learners 12 modules · 119 lessons · 2,100 min Intermediate English

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 min

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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

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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.

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