EXPLORE Program
Start your entrepreneurship journey in just 6 weeks with our EXPLORE program
Here's what to expect over the next 6 weeks
How much do you know about how your business will work?
Quiz
Introduction
What is a Business Model?
Customer
Offering
Value Chain
Revenue
Bringing the pieces together
End-of-Module Quiz
Module 1 Assignment: Visualize your Business Model
Introduction
Learning outcomes
How to identify the riskiest assumptions in your business model to test
Planning for customer research
How to develop research questions
How to choose the right research method
Interviews
Developing specific questions to ask customers during interviews
Surveys
Developing specific questions to ask customers in surveys
Focus groups
Do’s and Don’ts of conducting customer research
Choosing the right respondents for your research
How to create a schedule for your research
How to create a budget for your research
Research planning quiz
How to extract insights?
What is the difference between raw data, a finding, and an insight?
Research analysis process summary
What happens when you learn your initial assumptions are false?
Customer insights quiz
Assignment 2 Instructions: Developing your Customer Research Plan & Budget
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Assignment 3 Instructions: Document and Apply Your Customer Insights
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Introduction
Learning outcomes
How to identify the riskiest assumptions to test in your Offering
Introduction to prototyping
Importance of sketching your idea
Examples of prototyping methods
How to prototype a service
How to prototype a physical product
How to prototype a digital platform
How do you choose which prototype to create?
How to design an experiment
1. Assumption to test
2. Experiment description
3. Metric
4. Expected outcome
What makes a good experiment plan?
How to extract insights from your experiment
What is iteration?
Bringing it all together
Quiz
Assignment 4 Instructions: Plan your First Experiments
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Assignment 5 Instructions: Use your experiment insights to update your business model
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Introduction
How to incorporate storytelling in your pitch deck
Pitch deck guidelines
Pitch deck template breakdown
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