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Term 1, Class 7

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The Founder’s Dilemmas

Learning Objectives

• Understand the decisions involved in assembling a startup team, and the implications of those decisions
• Understand the implications of founder’s motivations on the trajectory success of the startup
• Be able to apply the “three Rs” framework to a startup

Pre-Class Assignment

• Assembling the Startup Team (coursepack)
• The Founder’s Dilemmas (coursepack)

Class Outline

• Warmup: Silicon Valley Startups game (20 min)
• Demo Day debrief (20 min)
• Discussion of the assigned readings (30 min)