FastTrac® TechVenture™ Pre-Study and Supplementary Materials
Get a fast start of FastTrac® TechVenture™ by tackling these pre-study materials:
Module 1: Exploring Entrepreneurship
- Personal Goals (from OregonStartups.com)
Readiness Assessment: Should You Be an Entrepreneur? (Harvard Business Review blog)
Readiness Assessment: Is it Worth it? (SecondCityCEO)
Module 2: Defining the Target Market
- TBD
Module 3: Conducting Market Research and Analysis
- 10 Tips to Improve Your Surveys (Zoomerang)
- Van Westendorp pricing - the Price Sensitivity Meter (5 Circles Research)
- Blog post: Basics of Conducting a Focus Group
- Blog post: Focus Groups - How to Run Them
Module 4: Testing your Business Concept
- Starting a Small Business - The Feasibility Analysis (Montana State University)
- Business Concept Feasibility Assessment (Venture Lab, University of Central Florida)
Module 5: Entering and Capturing the Market
- Develop a Strategic Marketing Plan (Startup Nation)
- Steve Blank on Customer Development (video)
Module 6: Planning for Financial Success
Module 7: Building and Compensating Your Organizational Team
Module 8: Protecting the Business and Your Intellectual Property
- Avoiding Legal Pitfalls - Top 10 Mistakes (Jon Summers, White & Lee) Slides
- Protecting your Intellectual Property (Joe Cohen, Stoel Rives) Slides Handout
- Selecting a Business Entity (Miller Nash): Slides Hand-out
- Blog post: Top Five Reasons to Incorporate in Delaware
- Blog post on choice of entity: Why the Corporation is King for Getting Venture Capital
Module 9: Identifying Funding and Working With Investors
- Fund your Startup (from OregonStartups.com)
- Term Sheets (Todd Bauman, Stoel Rives): Slides
Sources of Funding Slides