Launch your innovative venture

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Last updated on 3/30/22

Start from this idea : "Projections are always wrong" Build a decision model It all starts with sales The 3 classes of sales model Some examples Conclusion Quiz: Build a decision model of a fitness club (study case) Describe your expense structure Model the cost structure Produce the financial statements Assess your funding requirement Analyze your funding requirement Quiz: Quiz 2 Quiz: Calculate the expense structure of a pastry shop (Study case) Is the Business plan really useless ? Anticipate on the chasm in funding your project Understand the rejection process from investors The canonical Business Plan template A few writing tips Discover storytelling Introduction to the art of pitching The structure of a pitch The principles of public speaking Tell your story in front of an audience Early stage management challenges Leadership throughout time Rules and principles for surviving in a hostile environment Some testimonials Quiz: Quiz 4

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‌In this chapter, I use the example of Adamence online jewelry shop. If you want to have more details, don't hesitate to go and have a look at their pitch in the course : Decode the entrepreneur's DNA (Part 3, chapter 2)

Congrats ! You have now finished this first part of the course. To confirm your learning outcomes, here is a quiz to do. But be careful, this quiz is based on a scenario based on calculus, so if you're wrong at the first questions, you may be wrong at the end. So please, take your time :)

Some examples Quiz: Build a decision model of a fitness club (study case)

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Start from this idea : "Projections are always wrong"
Build a decision model
It all starts with sales
The 3 classes of sales model
Some examples
Conclusion

Quiz: Build a decision model of a fitness club (study case)

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Bruno Martinaud

Bruno Martinaud, serial entrepreneur, teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Polytechnique School of Engineering