Entrepreneurship Courses and tools

How to Successfully Pitch Your Startup to Investors

"Brought to you by Draper University, this course will teach you how to successfully pitch your startup to investors."

Reena Jadhav

Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor & Investor.

Dave McClure

Founder of 500 Startups & Investor

Jeff Seibert

Founder of Crashlytics & Sr. Director of Product at Twitter

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 1

"Fundraising is often a mystery for entrepreneurs. Increase the chances of getting in front of relevant investors and raise funds for your startup."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 2

"Fundraising is often a mystery for entrepreneurs. Increasing the chances of getting in front of relevant investors and getting funded is important for entrepreneurs."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

Understanding the Investor Term Sheet

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with the investor term sheets."

Tim Draper

Venture Capital Investor, & Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper University, Draper Venture Network & Draper Associates

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Venture Capital

"Draper University brings you this course that will help you learn how venture capitalists evaluate your startup, what are the best ways to approach a VC and get venture capital funds."

Naeem Zafar

Co-founder and CEO of TeleSense

Patrick Mathieson

Venture Investor at Toba Capital

Creating an effective investor pitch deck

Create your investor pitch

"This course will teach entrepreneurs seeking investment on how to create a compelling pitch deck that addresses the right questions."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Understanding Venture Capital

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with their VC funding strategies."

Andrew Tang

Partner at Draper University, Managing Director At Draper Dragon Fund III, CEO at Hero City at Draper University

How to approach VC's to secure funding?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University. It will help entrepreneurs in getting started with venture capital financing and approaching investors with a great fundraising strategy."

Gary Jinks

Managing Director/Founder at South Valley Angels, Owner at GLJ group, Partner at SVI Hub

Zero Dollar Marketing

"Zero Dollar Marketing course by Professor Mohanbir Sawhney from Kellogg School of Management would allow you to leverage the assets you already own to amplify your SMB marketing with very little incremental cost."

Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney

Director of Centre of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

How to create effective PR for startups?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with their startup PR strategy."

Hermione Way

CMO, Former Head of Communications at Tinder, CEO & Founder WayMedia.

How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup?

"This course will help you get started with your marketing plan and taking first steps towards building a sustainable business."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

How to grow market traction, pipeline and revenue for your startup?

"In this course, you will learn: How to map your campaign tactics to your sales and pipeline objectives identifying the right marketing mix and campaigns, 5 key steps to drive conversion for your marketing campaigns, tools you will need to drive conversion from each stage of your marketing funnel, best practices for a startup to get most of the limited resources"

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Improving Your Client Acquisition

"This course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with improving their client acquisition strategy."

Brandon L. Drew

VP of Finance & Operations at Signal Zero

How to Influence Your Customers ?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with understanding the sales process, determinants of consumer behavior, and influencing your customers."

Dan Smith

Chief Academic Officer; Winning By Design

5 Key Components of Successful Landing Page

"This course is brought to you by Draper University. In this course, Kevin Hernandez and Joe Natoli from Draper University explain best practices for effective Landing Pages and the 5 key components to a successful website landing page."

Kevin Hernandez

CEO and Co-Founder RecCheck.Inc

Joe Natoli

Venture Manager at 2bAhead Venture

Effective Customer Experience and On-boarding Strategies for Start-ups and SMBs

"Acquiring a new customer can cost 25 times more than retaining an existing customer. An existing customer turned into a promoter drives market buzz and growth. However, startups often struggle with their initial customers, and customer experience management thus slowing down their growth trajectory."

Ganesh Sundaresan

B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience

Introduction to Business Model Canvas

"This course will help you get started with your business model canvas and take your first steps towards building a sustainable business."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Lean Startup Methodology

"This course will introduce entrepreneurs to Lean Startup Methodology and lean canvas model. Entrepreneurs will be introduced to how they can build a lean startup and a sustainable competitive advantage."

Prof.Mark Werwath

clinical associate professor and Co-Director of Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University

Building an Effective Business Model

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with building their business canvas model from scratch."

Maaike Doyer

at Business Models Inc, Professor, Keynote speaker

How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan

"In this course StartupWind founder, Naren Patil will provide a step-by-step overview and significance of each element of the Lean Canvas Model and how that would help you create a compelling business plan."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Introduction to Design Thinking

"Through this course you will learn how to Leverage Design Thinking to transform raw ideas into differentiated product and build successful startups"

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

From Discovery to MVP

"This course will take entrepreneurs through the process of creating an effective and compelling Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It will help them to understand potential product opportunities to exploit and how to get early validation using their compelling MVP product"

Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney

Director of Centre of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

Entrepreneur’s Guide to Storytelling

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with storytelling aspect of their sales and marketing strategy."

Ron Ploof

Chief Storytelling Officer at StoryHow

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Great Customer Interview Techniques

"In this course, you will learn the best tools, tips, and techniques to conduct effective customer interviews."

David Bland

Founder at PrecoilSF

How to Gain Creative Insight

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in exploring their creative side to take their businesses to the next level."

Tina Seelig

Professor of the Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program

From Discovery to the Roadmap to a Product Release Plan

"If product discovery is done right, it might make the difference between success and failure. Understanding the product discovery process, talking to customers, gathering requirements, identifying priorities, and building an effective product roadmap and product launch plan are key factors to be considered for the successful Discovery to Release Journey."

Ganesh Sundaresan

B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Best practices for effective Customer Discovery & Market Research

"Customer Discovery and Market Research help in gaining valuable insights from customers. By implementing these insights you can bring breakthrough innovative products and see them succeed in the market."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

How to Make Your Financial Model Investor-Ready

"If your business is growing quickly and you want to raise capital in the next 9-12 months, you need a solid financial projection."

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

Financials for start-up and SMB entrepreneurs-Part 1

"Financials can be a frustrating topic for startups and small businesses, this course intends to help entrepreneurs build a solid financial plan, and a financial budget, and translate that plan into sustainable profits."

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs-Part 2

"This course is Part-2 of the two-part series on Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs by one of the best financial advisors will help them demystify the financial planning process."

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

How to turn your idea into Intellectual Property: A startup's guide to Patenting

"For an entrepreneur to succeed against established market players, understanding intellectual property, and patenting the startup’s inventions is a critical first step since patents build a sustainable defense against the incumbents, and increase the startup’s fundability"

Dr. Dirk Brown

Faculty Director, McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism, University of South Carolina

Entrepreneur's guide to avoiding common startup mistakes

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in avoiding the most common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when they start their business."

Michael Hool

Startup Legal Advisor

How to build an effective startup team ?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with creating an effective startup team."

Andy Billings

VP of Profitable Creativity, Profitable Creativity at Electronic Arts

Learn how to Power Up Your Network

"This course is brought to you by Draper University. In this course, you will learn how to approach people in a meaningful way, negotiate with others for a mutually beneficial deal, be consistent with your personal branding, and learn the ‘Art of the give'."

Heidi Roizen

Venture Capitalist, Partner at Threshold Ventures, Corporate Director

Digital trends and future of innovation

"This course will help you identify and leverage digital trends 2022 in innovation and digital ecosystems for the success of your startup."

Robert Wolcott

Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network & Prof. of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Kellogg PHD, Northwestern University

How to Successfully Pitch Your Startup to Investors

"Brought to you by Draper University, this course will teach you how to successfully pitch your startup to investors."

Reena Jadhav

Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor & Investor.

Dave McClure

Founder of 500 Startups & Investor

Jeff Seibert

Founder of Crashlytics & Sr. Director of Product at Twitter

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 1

"Fundraising is often a mystery for entrepreneurs. Increase the chances of getting in front of relevant investors and raise funds for your startup."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 2

"Fundraising is often a mystery for entrepreneurs. Increasing the chances of getting in front of relevant investors and getting funded is important for entrepreneurs."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

Understanding the Investor Term Sheet

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with the investor term sheets."

Tim Draper

Venture Capital Investor, & Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper University, Draper Venture Network & Draper Associates

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Venture Capital

"Draper University brings you this course that will help you learn how venture capitalists evaluate your startup, what are the best ways to approach a VC and get venture capital funds."

Naeem Zafar

Co-founder and CEO of TeleSense

Patrick Mathieson

Venture Investor at Toba Capital

Create your investor pitch

"This course will teach entrepreneurs seeking investment on how to create a compelling pitch deck that addresses the right questions."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Understanding Venture Capital

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with their VC funding strategies."

Andrew Tang

Partner at Draper University, Managing Director At Draper Dragon Fund III, CEO at Hero City at Draper University

How to approach VC's to secure funding?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University. It will help entrepreneurs in getting started with venture capital financing and approaching investors with a great fundraising strategy."

Gary Jinks

Managing Director/Founder at South Valley Angels, Owner at GLJ group, Partner at SVI Hub

Zero Dollar Marketing

Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney

Director of Centre of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

How to create effective PR for startups?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with their startup PR strategy."

Hermione Way

CMO, Former Head of Communications at Tinder, CEO & Founder WayMedia.

How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup?

"This course will help you get started with your marketing plan and taking first steps towards building a sustainable business."

Ido Sarig

VP of product marketing and general manager at Intel

How to grow market traction, pipeline and revenue for your startup?

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Improving Your Client Acquisition

"This course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with improving their client acquisition strategy."

Brandon L. Drew

VP of Finance & Operations at Signal Zero

How to Influence Your Customers ?

Dan Smith

Chief Academic Officer; Winning By Design

5 Key Components of Successful Landing Page

Kevin Hernandez

CEO and Co-Founder RecCheck.Inc

Joe Natoli

Venture Manager at 2bAhead Venture

Effective Customer Experience and On-boarding Strategies for Start-ups and SMBs

Ganesh Sundaresan

B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience

Introduction to Business Model Canvas

"This course will help you get started with your business model canvas and take your first steps towards building a sustainable business."

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Lean Startup Methodology

Prof.Mark Werwath

clinical associate professor and Co-Director of Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University

Building an Effective Business Model

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with building their business canvas model from scratch."

Maaike Doyer

at Business Models Inc, Professor, Keynote speaker

How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Introduction to Design Thinking

"Through this course you will learn how to Leverage Design Thinking to transform raw ideas into differentiated product and build successful startups"

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

From Discovery to MVP

Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney

Director of Centre of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

Entrepreneur’s Guide to Storytelling

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with storytelling aspect of their sales and marketing strategy."

Ron Ploof

Chief Storytelling Officer at StoryHow

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Great Customer Interview Techniques

"In this course, you will learn the best tools, tips, and techniques to conduct effective customer interviews."

David Bland

Founder at PrecoilSF

How to Gain Creative Insight

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in exploring their creative side to take their businesses to the next level."

Tina Seelig

Professor of the Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program

From Discovery to the Roadmap to a Product Release Plan

Ganesh Sundaresan

B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Best practices for effective Customer Discovery & Market Research

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO with 25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

How to Make Your Financial Model Investor-Ready

"If your business is growing quickly and you want to raise capital in the next 9-12 months, you need a solid financial projection."

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

Financials for start-up and SMB entrepreneurs-Part 1

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs-Part 2

"This course is Part-2 of the two-part series on Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs by one of the best financial advisors will help them demystify the financial planning process."

Stephanie Sims

Founder of Finance-Ability

How to turn your idea into Intellectual Property: A startup's guide to Patenting

Dr. Dirk Brown

Faculty Director, McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism, University of South Carolina

Entrepreneur's guide to avoiding common startup mistakes

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in avoiding the most common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when they start their business."

Michael Hool

Startup Legal Advisor

How to build an effective startup team ?

"This course is brought to you by Draper University, the course is meant to help entrepreneurs in getting started with creating an effective startup team."

Andy Billings

VP of Profitable Creativity, Profitable Creativity at Electronic Arts

Learn how to Power Up Your Network

Heidi Roizen

Venture Capitalist, Partner at Threshold Ventures, Corporate Director

Digital trends and future of innovation

"This course will help you identify and leverage digital trends 2022 in innovation and digital ecosystems for the success of your startup."

Robert Wolcott

Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network & Prof. of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Kellogg PHD, Northwestern University

StartupWind awarded AI Global Excellence Award 2024 for Mentoring Platform.

88% of Small Business Failures Occur Due to Lack of Business Skills

How to Successfully Pitch Your Startup to Investors

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 1

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 2

Understanding the Investor Term Sheet

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Venture Capital

Create your investor pitch

Understanding Venture Capital

How to approach VC's to secure funding?

Zero Dollar Marketing

How to create effective PR for startups?

How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup?

How to grow market traction, pipeline and revenue for your startup?

Improving Your Client Acquisition

How to Influence Your Customers ?

5 Key Components of Successful Landing Page

Effective Customer Experience and On-boarding Strategies for Start-ups and SMBs

Introduction to Business Model Canvas

Lean Startup Methodology

Building an Effective Business Model

How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan

Introduction to Design Thinking

From Discovery to MVP

Entrepreneur’s Guide to Storytelling

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Great Customer Interview Techniques

How to Gain Creative Insight

From Discovery to the Roadmap to a Product Release Plan

Best practices for effective Customer Discovery & Market Research

How to Make Your Financial Model Investor-Ready

Financials for start-up and SMB entrepreneurs-Part 1

Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs-Part 2

How to turn your idea into Intellectual Property: A startup's guide to Patenting

Entrepreneur's guide to avoiding common startup mistakes

How to build an effective startup team ?

Learn how to Power Up Your Network

Digital trends and future of innovation

How to Successfully Pitch Your Startup to Investors

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 1

Entrepreneur's Guide to Effective Fundraising-Part 2

Understanding the Investor Term Sheet

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Venture Capital

Create your investor pitch

Understanding Venture Capital

How to approach VC's to secure funding?

Zero Dollar Marketing

How to create effective PR for startups?

How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup?

How to grow market traction, pipeline and revenue for your startup?

Improving Your Client Acquisition

How to Influence Your Customers ?

5 Key Components of Successful Landing Page

Effective Customer Experience and On-boarding Strategies for Start-ups and SMBs

Introduction to Business Model Canvas

Lean Startup Methodology

Building an Effective Business Model

How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan

Introduction to Design Thinking

From Discovery to MVP

Entrepreneur’s Guide to Storytelling

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Great Customer Interview Techniques

How to Gain Creative Insight

From Discovery to the Roadmap to a Product Release Plan

Best practices for effective Customer Discovery & Market Research

How to Make Your Financial Model Investor-Ready

Financials for start-up and SMB entrepreneurs-Part 1

Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs-Part 2

How to turn your idea into Intellectual Property: A startup's guide to Patenting

Entrepreneur's guide to avoiding common startup mistakes

How to build an effective startup team ?

Learn how to Power Up Your Network

Digital trends and future of innovation

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