Course Description
This program introduces you to the nature, structure and dynamics of the contemporary software industry. It focuses on the key factors involved in ideating, hypothesizing, validating, model to launch a sustainable scalable and profitable tech bases (software and/or hardware) business venture as a company founder or as an employee of an established company.
In this program, you will learn techniques and methodologies that will give you a distinct career advantage, whether or not you intend to work in a tech field. It is designed to give you a true-to-life experience of the thought processes behind successful tech business ventures, which apply whether you are planning on creating your own startup or working for an established employer.
In this program, you will learn techniques and methodologies that will give you a distinct career advantage, whether or not you intend to work in a tech field. It is designed to give you a true-to-life experience of the thought processes behind successful tech business ventures, which apply whether you are planning on creating your own startup or working for an established employer.
Program Goals and Outcomes
Program objectives include a meaningful understanding of:
01
The High-technology
The high-technology business environment in general and the software industry in particular..
02
Business Concepts
The business concepts and principles behind creating and launching a successful innovation-
driven tech venture.
03
How to
How to produce, present, and critique business proposals and plans for ventures, and how to
develop business simulation and forecasting models in support of these plans.
04
Methodology
How to converse with and present to investors, executives, judging panels, incubators and
accelerators.
05
Upon successful completion of the course, you will have first-hand experience of the stages,
processes, and challenges involved in transforming an idea into an investable and scalable business venture, and will be ideally positioned to begin launching your own tech venture.
Lessons Include:
Essential skills for the successful entrepreneur
Analyzing problems
Examining solutions
Understanding customers
Discovering markets
Failure
Operations and Executions; Simulations