Intro to Lean Startup / Business Model Canvas: Startup Saturday Entrepreneurship Class
Sat, Feb 16
|Howard University, School of Business
The Lean Startup curriculum is evidence-based entrepreneurship based on a framework called a Business Model Canvas. We'll work on ideas to test a company’s product, customers, revenue models, cost structure and more.
Time & Location
Feb 16, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Howard University, School of Business, Room 218, 2600 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About the event
The Development Corporation of Columbia Heights, in partnership with Drs. Legand Burge and Grant Warner of Howard University, will actively engage and challenge course attendees in the immersive Lean Startup entrepreneurship curriculum that is evidence-based and fast-paced.
In this Startup Saturday Entrepreneurship class...
The foundation of the Lean Startup curriculum is evidence-based entrepreneurship. Instead of creating an intricate business plan, participants summarize their hypotheses in a framework called a Business Model Canvas. Essentially, this is a diagram of how a company will create value for itself and its customers. Lean Startups use a “get out of the building” approach called Customer Development to test their hypotheses and collect evidence about whether they are true or false. They go out and ask potential users, purchasers, and partners for feedback on all elements of the business model, including product features, pricing, distribution channels, and affordable customer acquisition strategies. The Business Model Canvas…