Startup Success: How to Launch a Technology Company in 6 Steps

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  • 3 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on May 31, 2016
  • Ends on August 30, 2016

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Syllabus

  • Assess product ideas for rapid development and commercialization.
  • Understand the start-up team, develop partnerships, and produce a prototype.  
  • Prepare and evaluate strategies to identify and court the vital first few customers.  
  • Anticipate organizational challenges to motivating and leading the start-up team.
  • Develop key steps toward making a pitch and negotiating a deal with venture capitalists or seed investors

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None.

Instructors

  • Michael Stonebraker
  • Andy Palmer
  • Daniela Rus
  • Charles E. Leiserson
  • Saman P. Amarasinghe
  • Stelios Sidiroglou-Douskos

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