Decode Silicon Valley
Startup Success

• 01
  OpeningFeb 3

  Party Like It's 1999
• 02
  Validating IdeasFeb 10

  Fantasizing to Fantastic
• 03
  MVP & IterationFeb 17

  Make Something People Want
• 04
  Product Market FitFeb 24

  1000 True Fans
• 05
  Enterprise BusinessMar 2

  Not All Startups Look like Instagram
• 06
  The Art of ScaleMar 9

  No Growth Equals Death
• 07
  Business ModelMar 16

  How to Make Money
• 08
  Team Building & CultureMar 30

  The Unicorn's Team
• 09
  Startup Finance, VC and BeyondApr 6

  Fundraise When You Must
• 10
  Emerging TechnologiesApr 13

  Surf on the Tide of Tech
• 11
  LegalApr 20

  Things Unnoticed That Could Kill Your Business
• 12
  ClosingApr 27

The course is taken Pass/No Pass (P/NP). Attendance is mandatory and anyone who misses more than two lectures will automatically fail the class. Weekly assignments, the semester project, and the final exam each account for 30% of the final grade, while attendance accounts for 10%. A student needs a total score of 70% to receive a Pass.