Startup School for Aspiring Founders
A free, 6-week online course for aspiring startup founders.
Learn how to start a company with help from the world's best accelerator - Y Combinator. Sign up now to join us!
Why Founders Love Startup School
We've created the best lessons and advice on how to start a startup and curated the most relevant pieces for aspiring founders.
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Meet with other aspiring founders through weekly live video chats and discuss curriculum content or just bounce ideas off each other. You may even meet a co-founder!
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| Module | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Module 1 | Should You Start A Startup? Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job Why to Not Not Start a Startup Before the Startup |
| Module 2 | How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas Pivoting Out of a Tarpit Idea How to Get Startup Ideas (Paul Graham) All About Pivoting Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? |
| Module 3 | All About Co-Founders Co-Founder Mistakes That Kill Companies & How To Avoid Them How to Split Equity Among Co-Founders How to Work Together |
| Module 4 | How to Talk to Users How to Build an MVP Product Development Cycle Fundamentals |
| Module 5 | How to Launch (Again and Again) How to Get your First Customers Do Things That Don't Scale |
| Module 6 | How to set KPIs and Prioritize Your Time Startup Business Models and Pricing Growth for Startups |
| Module 7 | How Startup Fundraising Works in 2022 How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator How to Lead |
| Module 8 | The Founding Story of Facebook The Founding Story of 23andMe |
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