Open Source Startup

Unit 4: Ideation

Key Takeaways

• Understand how to approach startup ideation
• Understand how to evaluate a startup idea
• Understand how to communicate and structure a vision
• Understand how to develop a pitch

Readings

• Hello, Startup
• Chapter 2: Startup Ideas
• Financial Management for Technology Startups
• Chapter 2: Tech start-ups: It’s a different world
• Disciplined Entrepreneurship
• Six Themes of the 24 Steps
• Step 0: Getting Started
• Step 10: Define Your Core
• The Startup Equation
• Chapter 6: The Big Idea
• Built to Last
• Chapter 11: Building the Vision
• From Impossible to Inevitable
• Chapter 1: Niche Doesn’t Mean Small
• Chapter 3: How to Nail It
• Chapter 4: Your Pitch
• Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Last
• The Expectation Hierarchy
• The Story Strategy Blueprint
• Using the Story Strategy Blueprint
• What Every Engineer Should Know About Starting a High-Tech Business Venture
• Chapter 2: Your High-Tech Business Concept
• Inspired
• Chapter 33: Principles of Product Discovery
• Chapter 34: Discovery Techniques Overview
• Chapter 35: Opportunity Assessment Technique
• Chapter 37: Startup Canvas Technique

Deliverables

• Create a vision statement for your startup
• Create a pitch statement for your startup
• Create an opportunity assessment for your startup
• Create a business canvas for your startup
• Create a definition of the core of your startup
• Create a story strategy for your startup