Launch Pad Venture Challenge

Entrepreneurship Topics

The videos we watched and discussed in class. Rewatch them any time — most of them get better on the second viewing.

Videos From The Course

9 videos

Rewatch any of these whenever you want to recall what we covered.

Why Startups Succeed

The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed

Bill Gross, founder of Idealab, gathered data from hundreds of companies and ranked each on five key factors. One factor stands out from the others — and it surprised even him.

Customer Validation

Walhub Value Proposition Tested at IKEA

What happens when you test a product's value proposition on real customers, in the wild, before you build the business.

Ideation

Snapchat: How the Idea Came About

Evan Spiegel in the very early days, explaining informally how the Snapchat idea was born.

Frameworks

Business Model Canvas Explained

The nine building blocks of a business model — the framework every team used from Day 1.

Frameworks

Value Proposition Canvas Explained

How to map customer jobs, pains, and gains against your products, pain relievers, and gain creators.

Value Proposition

Purple Mattress: The Raw Egg Test

How to use a raw egg to determine if your mattress is awful — a masterclass in demonstrating a value proposition instead of describing it.

Founder Mindset

Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life

An unscripted 1994 interview by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association. Steve talks about his values, advice to entrepreneurs, and how to best live life.

Customer Discovery

Steve Blank: Customer Discovery

Doing customer discovery is like searching for the Holy Grail. Here's why.

Customer Validation

Steve Blank: Customer Validation

For a startup, validating product-market fit is everything. Here's why.