Issued by Foundryy · Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and Startup Fundamentals
Learn how to test a startup idea before spending money on it. You will find a real customer problem, run cheap validation experiments, work out unit economics, and pitch a plan that shows what you have learned, not just what you hope.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Study time
- 80 hours
- Modules
- 7
- Cost
- At enrollment
- Startup Validation
- Customer Discovery
- Business Model
- Unit Economics
- Pitching
Curriculum
- 18 h
Finding a problem worth solving
Problem sources, Who feels it most
- 214 h
Customer discovery
Interview technique, Avoiding leading questions, Recording evidence
- 312 h
Validating cheaply
Landing page and pre-sale tests, Prototypes and concierge MVPs
- 414 h
Business model and unit economics
Revenue models, Cost, margin and break-even, Reading a simple P&L
- 510 h
Go-to-market
Choosing channels, First 100 customers
- 68 h
Funding and legal basics in India
Bootstrapping and grants, Company types and registration overview
- 714 h
Pitch and capstone
Structuring a pitch, Delivery and Q&A
Who can enroll
Open to all students. No business background needed.
To earn the certificate
- Complete every module of the curriculum
- Submit a capstone project: a validated startup plan with evidence from at least ten customer conversations, a simple financial model and a five-minute pitch
- Pass a final review by a Foundryy reviewer
- Follow Foundryy’s academic-integrity policy: the work you submit must be your own
Issued by Foundryy after the team has reviewed your capstone against the requirements.