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Examples
Startup Finances from 10000 feet
Terminology
Runway: How many months till there is no more money
Burn (rate): How many dollars are used each month
Cash: How much cash is in the bank account
Financing: Where money comes from and goes to
Pro Tip
The Gazintas must always exceed the Gazoutas.
Building the model
Revenues: where do they come from?
Pricing: per unit? per user? per partner?
Costs: where do they come from?
Cost Drivers: what variables have an effect on costs?
Growth: What parameters in the model change over time
Growth: What is your objective?
What you can learn from the model
When are you going to run out of money?
What is the sensitivity to changing parameters?
When will your business become sustainable?
How much money should you raise?
Where is your money coming from
Where is it going?
Welcome
2018 Syllabus
Calendar of Lectures and homeworks
Resources
Lectures
Pilot Project
Welcome!
Lean Startup
Hypotheses
Working on Teams
MVP
Guest Lecture: Michael Skok
Pilot Project Conclusion
Term Project: Startup
Welcome to Term Projects!
Build Measure Learn
Project Planning
The Pivot
The Engine of Growth
Mockups & Prototypes
Testing Techniques
Term Project: Product
Product Market Fit
Jeffrey Beir: Metrics
Business Models
Pricing Models
Andy Payne: Startup Finance
Intellectual Property
Term Project: Business
Finance for Geeks
Founding a company
Real World Survival Kit
Management and Leadership
Dulcie Madden: Startup Teams
Last day converstation
Term Project
Term Project Outline
Minimum Viable Product Info
Hypotheses
Final Presentations
Background
Learning Goals
Grading
Teachers
Lexicon
Interesting links
Credits and acknowledgements