Founders

18 LESSONS

WATCH

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.

Working with Steve Jobs- Ron Johnson

4:20

CoFounders and the Big Picture- Shawn Fanning

5:04

Having the Difficult Conversations- Shawn Fanning

3:51

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!

If you can convince someone to work on a bad idea, then...

Find someone who has the tools to build or sell what yo...

You’re going to work and live around your founder almos...

Sometimes you can get the best leads online. Post to cr...

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.

Think of a great team you’ve worked with in the past. W...

What do you think is the best way to convince a potenti...

Equity can be the hardest thing to negotiate and talk a...

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!

How to Recruit a Technical Cofounder http://www.entrepr...

People (You only need to read the “People” section) htt...

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

Finding Your Cofounders http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/1...

Qualities to Look For in Founders http://paulgraham.com...

Picking a Cofounder http://venturehacks.com/articles/pi...

Tools

Startup Equity Calculator http://foundrs.com/

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.

We're still coming up with content for this section. Keep checking back for updates!

INFORMATION

It is impossible to overstate the importance of cofounders. Most founders agree it’s akin to marriage, but harder.