Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process

BY
Founders Factory via Futurelearn

Explore the process of designing new technologies with the help of founders factory and smart methodologies to bringing in investors.

Mode

Online

Duration

6 Weeks

Fees

₹ 6914

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Learning efforts 4 Hours Per Week

Course overview

The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process online certification programme is part of the business management offered by the online educational platform FutureLearn for a period of six weeks and four hours of study. This course is developed by the Founders Factory, an establishment that supports startups with finding investors, partners and various other aspects.

The ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ programme helps in learning about the processes involved in creating a startup and finding a venture back up along with the skills and expertise needed to perform the business management. The online course provides a detailed exploration experience to find markets to create opportunities for venture and figure out the venture design possibilities for the startups to become successful. By human-centred designs, user interviews and designing surveys the course helps the candidates to observe the people’s needs and understand ways to consider the ‘people’ aspect in the whole process. The insights gained in this programme will equip the trainees to create backable venture ideas with the use of proven ideation strategies.

With the ideas generated, marketing them to investors requires specific skills by calculating the challenges and assumptions done prior. The strategies of design and smoke testing will aid in authenticating the ideas and the knowledge acquired by telling about the ideas in a venture context and gaining venture capital from potential investors.

The expert guidance in the training process includes businessmen with expertise in product development, engineering, fundraising and growth aspects which give a wholesome learning experience to the candidates.

The highlights

  • Online course
  • Six weeks course
  • Weekly four hours of study
  • Learning at your speed
  • Expert guidance
  • Progress tracking
  • Certificate

Program offerings

  • Weekly sessions
  • Videos
  • Long and short form articles
  • Audios
  • Practical activities
  • Progress page to keep track
  • Social learning
  • International network of learners
  • Ideas sharing
  • Conversation
  • Notifications
  • Assessments
  • Digital certificate

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 6,914

The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process online certification course fee is ₹6,664

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Futurelearn

Who it is for

The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process certification programme is for entrepreneurs who’d like to start their own business and create new ideas for their business by gaining new skills and strategies. The students in universities, graduates, and other business professionals get highly benefited by taking this course as it improves the skill set and understanding of business setting up, venture capitals, investors, funds, markets, ideation and designing, and other crucial business management strategies for successful business development.

Eligibility criteria

Certificate qualifying details

The digital certificate is given by FutureLearn after completion of the 90% of the steps in the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ Online training and finishing all the assessments.

What you will learn

Financial knowledge Marketing skills Communication skills Entrepreneurial skills Business management Operations analysis Knowledge of it industry Risk management Design thinking Knowledge of product management

The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process online certification programme helps the trainees accomplish in the following areas,

  • Designing of the lifecycle and the elements of an excellent venture design business
  • Discovering markets and areas for the venture design business
  • Figuring out the various kinds of customer segments
  • Concentrate on the requirements of the users which aren’t fulfilled by recognizing them using specific techniques.
  • Ideation process and creating an assumption map
  • Time factor in venture capital and designing a landing page
  • Primary elements of pitch desk and the assuming the right quality of the pitch
  • Construct a new venture canvas containing 3 venture ideas and a ‘Go-to market’ strategy
  • Testing assumption and recognising methods to test the ideas
  • Comprehending the test results

The syllabus

Components and lifecycle of venture backable businesses

Researching markets and trends

Human-centered design

User interviews and surveys

Ideation and differentiation

Business models and go-to-market strategies

How to test and refine your idea

Creating pitch decks and pitching

Admission details

  • The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process is a premium course provided online by FutureLearn with the following advantages,
  • Unlimited access to the course, its materials which include articles, quizzes, peer reviews, videos and tests
  • A certificate to prove course accomplishment
  • For course, admission go to the course page by using the following link, https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/venture-design-how-to-create-venture-backable-businesses-from-scratch
  • The registration to the course is done by hitting the ‘Join course’ button found on the page.
  • It gets redirected to the registration page which asks you to sign in using the form given below.

Filling the form

  • Fill in the registration form found on the admission page with the required details to join the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ online process
  • The candidates can also choose to sign in using their verified Google ID or Facebook ID.

How it helps

The learners of the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ online course will gain expertise on building a startup and the necessary requirements that include the skill set of the venture capital ideas and designing process. The candidates will be able to create market worth designs and ideas which can be turned into successful products and businesses.

The trainees develop a clear understanding of the marketing strategies and how to gain potential investors for venture capital. The course equips the learners with business management strategies and methods to test their ideas and products and analyse the risks and challenges involved and the fundraising aspects in the building of a startup.

Instructors

Mr Alex Daish

Mr Alex Daish
Venture Designer
Founders Factory

FAQs

Who developed the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ online course on FutureLearn?

An establishment that helps startups and those individuals who would like to begin a startup have developed the course on ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process.

What is the duration of the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ online programme?

The programme is scheduled for a period of six weeks with weekly fours to study.

What is the eligibility for the online training?

There is no minimum eligibility required for the online training.

Who is the course instructor for the ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ online programme?

Alex Daish, who works at the Founders Factory will guide the trainees through the course.

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