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Networking

24 LESSONS

WATCH

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.

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Why Your Network Matters- Heidi Roizen

Making a Connection- Heidi Roizen

The Art of Giving- Heidi Roizen

Being Consistent and Personal Branding- Heidi Roizen

Hustling and Mark Cuban- Aaron Levie

Investors Don’t Fund Dots- Jeff Seibert

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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Go to a meetup and get 10 business cards, then connect ...

Networking needs to be genuine and not just for the sak...

Pick someone high profile that you admire and find a wa...

Networking is not about you telling people your story, ...

Often the most genuine connections come from helping pe...

Set up a skype call with one of the other online studen...

You never know which connections will be the most fortu...

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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When you ask someone for a favor, how do you feel after...

What’s one networking mistake you have made? How can yo...

Are you a giver, matcher, or taker when it comes to doi...

Who is someone you look up to as “that guy” or “that gi...

How would you change your pitch if it was for a public ...

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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Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Ca...

How to Raise Money http://paulgraham.com/fr.html

What is High Resolution Fundraising? http://paulgraham....

The Future of Fundraising http://paulgraham.com/future....

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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Sidekick by Hubspot allows you to track and schedule yo...

Data by Salesforce helps you get access to the people y...

INFORMATION

Knowing the right people can get you along your path. Building a company is hard, get all the help you can find.

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