Applied Lean Startup Practices - 202

The Lean Startup methodology is an approach to building new businesses rooted in the belief that entrepreneurs must investigate, experiment, test, and iterate as they develop products. Unlike traditional startup approaches, lean startups move quickly, iterate often and continuously solicit feedback from their customers.

Applied Lean Startup Practices is a 6-week course exploring the topics that define lean startups and pulling knowledge from startup experts such as Eric Ries, Peter Thiel, Aaron Levie, and Reid Hoffman. The class will cover topics including, how to come up with ideas, how to get users/customers and grow, how to execute on sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, how to build company culture, manage operations and more. All of these topic areas will rely on a build-measure-learn approach to make sure you find effective solutions quickly and inexpensively.

Lean Startup is a mindset and a methodology that is used across industries, sectors, and professions to solve problems and understand your customers. We welcome people from all backgrounds and encourage an open and engaged mindset!

Class Format

The course is offered in both an instructor-led format and online. All course participants will have access to online resources pulled from Stanford, MIT, and Y Combinator. Instructor-led participants will be given weekly assignments that can be accessed through the online materials. The instructor-led class will convene Wednesday evenings to review and discuss the materials, illustrated with case studies and personal experiences.

Schedule

The instructor-led course is 6 weeks in duration and will be offered at both the Winston-Salem and Davidson locations. The sessions in Winston Salem are on Wednesday nights from 5:30 – 7:30 PM each week. Online classes can be accessed and completed at any time.

Fall Semester Class

The Fall 2019 instructor-led session will begin on October 2nd, 2019 and end on November 6, 2019. Note the Winston-Salem location is planned to move to the new Flywheel location in early November.

Spring Semester Class

The Spring 2020 instructor-led session will begin on January 29, 2020, and end on March 11, 2020. There will be no class on March 4th. Note the Winston-Salem location will be at the new Flywheel location at 500 W. Fifth, Eighth Floor.

Location

Winston Salem
Center for Design Innovation building
450 Design Ave., Third Floor
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
 

Instructors

Peter Marsh
Winston Salem

Peter is a founding Member of Flywheel Coworking, a coworking innovation space for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Flywheel's locations are in downtown Winston-Salem, NC in the heart of the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter and at Davidson College.

Adrian Smith
Winston Salem

Adrian is Program Director for Flywheel Coworking. He is also the Director of the Flywheel New Ventures inception-stage startup accelerator program. He is co-founder of Preservation Dyehouse, a startup focused on sustainable textiles using plant-based locally grown dyes.

Instructor Led Enrollment

The instructor led course consists of 10 instructor led sessions and includes online access.  The student plan requires registration with a “.edu” email address. Pick your plan and enroll using the buttons below.

General Public: $99

General Public

Flywheel Members: $69

Members

Students: Free

Students

 

Online Only Enrollment

The online only course consists online only access to the course lessons, videos, and materials. The student plan requires registration with a “.edu” email address. Pick your plan and enroll using the buttons below.

General Public Online: $49

General Public

Flywheel Members Online: $39

Members

Students Online: Free

Students