As promised in class, here’s the cliched blobby guy giving a presentation. As a special bonus, he’s watermarked! Don’t use him. 🙂
Below, you’ll find info about homework for this week and some additional resources about creating founding teams from our friends at CMU’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
Class 3 Presentations
A link to this video on Vimeo and the password to view were emailed to you.
Homework due by Friday 5pm EST
Presentation feedback survey is due by end of day on Friday; the link was emailed to you.
Before you fill out the survey, watch your team’s presentation video. Count the “ums,” “uhs,” and other stalling words you used in your part of the presentation. There is a question on the form for you to fill in that number.
Prep for this Thursday’s class
- Download and read the first section of Business Model Generation. It is a 72 page pdf, but is a fast and easy read. You can d/l from here: http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book, or use the link in your email to my copy on Box.
- We will be discussing Value Propositions and Customer Segments in particular on Thursday.
- Read “The Elements of Value” from Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2016/09/the-elements-of-value (also in your email).
Additional Resources
CMU’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship is full of great resources for startups.
The center hosts a regular seminar series called CONNECTS and they keep an archive of past talks on their YouTube channel. In this video, Kim Needham talks about the importance of having a founding team, and some of the challenges that come along with it.