Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes with Sramana Mitra

Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes with Sramana Mitra, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 5, with 38 lectures, based on 5 reviews, and has 48 subscribers.

You will learn about How to learn from the mistakes of others through in-depth interviews with successful entrepreneurs. What mistakes you can avoid on the way from a startup idea to validation and profitability. Mistakes while growing a team while building a startup. What mistakes to avoid while raising funds for your startup so you can go to VCs as kings, not beggars. How to avoid missteps while scaling your startup with limited resources. What the exit option mistakes are to avoid while building a startup. This course is ideal for individuals who are Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue an idea for which they have both passion and expertise. or Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups or Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them. or Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world. It is particularly useful for Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue an idea for which they have both passion and expertise. or Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups or Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them. or Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

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Title: Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes with Sramana Mitra

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 5

Number of Lectures: 38

Number of Published Lectures: 38

Number of Curriculum Items: 38

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 38

Original Price: $27.99

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What You Will Learn

How to learn from the mistakes of others through in-depth interviews with successful entrepreneurs.
What mistakes you can avoid on the way from a startup idea to validation and profitability.
Mistakes while growing a team while building a startup.
What mistakes to avoid while raising funds for your startup so you can go to VCs as kings, not beggars.
How to avoid missteps while scaling your startup with limited resources.
What the exit option mistakes are to avoid while building a startup.

Who Should Attend

Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue an idea for which they have both passion and expertise.
Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups
Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them.
Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

Target Audiences

Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue an idea for which they have both passion and expertise.
Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups
Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them.
Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

The 1Mby1M Methodology is based on case studies. In this course, Sramana Mitra shares the tribal knowledge of tech entrepreneurs by giving students the rare seat at the table with the entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders who provide the most instructive perspectives on how to build a thriving business. Through these conversations, students gain access to case studies exploring the alleys of entrepreneurship. Sramana’s synthesis of key learnings and incisive analysis add great depth to each discussion.

Throughout this course we are going to talk about common mistakes that entrepreneurs make, and we are going to look at a lot of different case studies to illustrate the different types of mistakes that we see frequently. I’ll give you a little bit of a flavor of the kinds of things that you’re going to encounter.

One of the biggest, most prevalent myths of the startup ecosystem is that you can raise money without having a business. This is a flawed concept, so don’t go there. This is going to be a requirement – that you turn your concept into a business before you can raise money.

Similarly, you will find problems with a spray and pray strategy. Don’t try to boil the ocean. You’re gonna have to have very precise positioning to gain high velocity entry into a market.

Everybody and their mother is not your customer. Your customer has to be a very precise, well-targeted audience. That is what builds strong businesses.

Another common mistake is having lousy unit economics. You are losing money on every single customer, so how do you expect that you’re gonna build a profitable business over time? It doesn’t work.

So these are just a few examples of the kinds of issues we’re gonna deal with in this course. You’re going to find a ton of case studies here and you will get a visceral feel for the kinds of mistakes that you should be avoiding.

Let’s go!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Learn From and Avoid Common Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs Through Case Studies

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: How to Learn from Entrepreneur Mistake Case Studies

Lecture 3: How NOT To Build a Startup: Ned Hill, CEO of Position Imaging

Lecture 4: Solo Entrepreneur Bootstrapping to over $5M: Company Folders’ Vladimir Gendelman

Lecture 5: Sendoso CEO Braydan Young on Building a Venture Scale SaaS Company

Lecture 6: Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Oregon with PayRange CEO Paresh Patel

Chapter 2: Business Model Validation Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Business Model Validation Mistakes

Lecture 2: Free Apps, Ad-Supported Business Models Are Dangerous – Mark

Lecture 3: FREE Is Not A Business Model – Richard

Lecture 4: Business Model and TAM Discussion for Fraud Prevention Venture – Michelle

Lecture 5: Assess the Unit Economics and Capital Needs to Scale – Vitrag

Lecture 6: Make Sure Your Business Model Has Legs – Avi

Lecture 7: Do NOT Write Software Without a Business Model Hypothesis – Gina and William

Chapter 3: Funding Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Funding Mistakes

Lecture 2: Concept Financing is a Highly Improbable Event – Chandan

Lecture 3: Do Your Homework First – Leandro

Lecture 4: Approaching Investors Too Early – Anthony

Lecture 5: Approaching Investors Too Early – Chetan

Chapter 4: Go-To-Market Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Go-To-Market Mistakes

Lecture 2: Do Not Spray and Pray – Deepansh

Lecture 3: Early Stage Startups are NOT About Keeping All Options Open – Sonal and Moibi

Lecture 4: Niche GTM Works Better than Broad – Hang

Chapter 5: Postitioning Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Positioning Mistakes

Lecture 2: Your Positioning Must Deliver – Maggie

Chapter 6: TAM / Total Available Market Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to TAM Mistakes

Lecture 2: Tyranny Of The TAM – Tom and Darren

Lecture 3: Bottom Up TAM vs Top Down TAM – Sujith

Lecture 4: Lots of Issues with TAM Modeling – 4 Pitches

Lecture 5: TAM Analysis Needs Attention – Frances

Chapter 7: Validation Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Validation Mistakes

Lecture 2: Fail Fast, Try Again – Hritik

Lecture 3: Validation Should Be Done with Potential Customers, NOT Advisors – Ian

Chapter 8: Working Capital Mistakes

Lecture 1: Introduction to Working Capital Mistakes

Lecture 2: Think Through Your Working Capital Needs – Rohith

Chapter 9: More Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes

Lecture 1: More Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes

Chapter 10: Additional Content

Lecture 1: Practice Exercise 1

Lecture 2: Practice Exercise 2

Lecture 3: Extra

Instructors

Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M

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