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    Idea

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    These are videos clips taken from actual Draper Univerisity lectures. You can learn about entrepreneurship directly from founders, VCs, execs, lawyers, and more.

    We’ve cut them up into short, easy clips for you. If you’d like to access the full lectures you’ll need to upgrade to a Superhero Membership.
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    Origin of AirBnB- Nate Blecharczyk

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    Shazam and its Origin- Chris Barton

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    Market Size and the Success of a Startup- Shawn Fanning

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    The Beginning of Box- Aaron Levie

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    You’re Doing a Startup for the Wrong Reasons- Dave McCl...

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    Challenge

    CHALLENGE

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    Challenge

    CHALLENGE

    Learn by doing”. These are a list of activities that we’ve come up with to help you practice your entrepreneurial skills. Many of these are again, actual activities that we have students do at Draper Univeristy, designed to push you outside of your comfort zone.

    Absolutely feel free to post your progress or results and share with students so we can give you feedback!
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    The act of starting a business itself breeds great idea...

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    Ideas actually start with problem seeking. List 5 inter...

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    Think about 3 of the most annoying problems in your lif...

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    Good ideas come from finding solutions to real problems...

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    Stressing out on what to name your company? Take the 3-...

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    Stressed that you haven’t come up with a good idea to w...

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    Discussion

    DISCUSSION

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    Discussion

    DISCUSSION

    We’ve come up with some discussion questions and topics to help you start thinking in the right direction about startups.

    Share your ideas and thoughts with other students. Keep an eye out for Draper U Alumni, mentors, and staff! We’ll come on regularly to give feedback, and share our own insights.
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    The beginning can often be the most difficult part of s...

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    How can you be sure this idea is “The One”? Think of so...

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    Explaining your startup with a comparison to other star...

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    Reading

    READING

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    Reading

    READING

    We’ve pulled together a collection of books and articles for you to supplement your learning. These are the same recommendations we give to students here at DU, we hope you find them just as helpful!
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    The Top Idea in Your Mind http://www.paulgraham.com/top...

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    From Nothing to Something http://techcrunch.com/2009/09...

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    The Idea (You only need to read the “The Idea” section)...

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    What Customers Want (You only need to read the “What Cu...

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    Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas http://paulgraham...

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    How to Think of Startup Ideas http://paulgraham.com/sta...

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    Tools

    TOOLS

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    Tools

    TOOLS

    Starting a company is hard enough on your own, everyone needs a little help. These are tools and servies already built by other entrepreneurs we think would help you get closer to your goals.

    We’ve tried to mostly find free to use tools, but some software may require a purchase.
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    We're still coming up with content for this section. Keep checking back for updates!

    INFORMATION

    A cool idea isn’t enough, make sure you are solving a real problem that real people have.

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