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Early EntrepreneursThe self-paced course
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Early EntrepreneursThe self-paced course

Turn an idea into something that exists, and pays for itself.

26 chapters in four parts, about 12 hours, at your own pace.From problem to product, the lean startup, customers, value and pricing, revenue, cost and profit, pitching an idea, and building a one-person business.Every claim and figure checked against its source.

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1LearnEach chapter opens with a question from everyday life, tells a story, and gives you something to try: a calculator, a sorter, a simulator.
2PractiseEvery chapter ends with five questions. Pass with 4 right, as often as you need, and each answer comes with its reason.
3FinishPass every chapter check and the final round for a certificate of completion with a link anyone can use to verify it.

What the course covers

Part 1From problem to product, and the lean startupSpotting real problems, talking to people honestly, why gaps exist, the smallest test, metrics that flatter, when to pivot, and making things usable

7 chaptersAbout 3 hoursChapter 1 free

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  1. Before you beginWelcome: the problems you already noticeHave you ever complained that something in your day is slow, broken or unfair?Free10 min
  2. 1Start with a problem, not a productWhy do so many clever inventions sit in a drawer?Free25 min
  3. 2How to talk to people without being lied toIf you ask your aunt whether she likes your business idea, will she tell you the truth?25 min
  4. 3Why has nobody fixed it already?When you spot an obvious gap in a market, why is it still there?25 min
  5. 4The smallest thing that tests the ideaHow little can you build before you find out whether anyone cares?25 min
  6. 5Build, measure, learn, and the metrics that flatterIf 500 people visit your table and 2 come back next week, is your idea working?25 min
  7. 6Persevere, pivot or stopWhen a plan is not working, is sticking with it grit or stubbornness?25 min
  8. 7Making something people can actually useWhen someone pulls a door that says PUSH, whose fault is it?25 min
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Part 2Customers, value and pricingChoosing a first customer, what value is, elasticity, three ways to price, earning trust, reaching buyers, and what stops a copycat

7 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 8If your customer is "everyone", it is no oneWhy is it easier to sell to fifty people with the same urgent need than to five thousand who vaguely care?25 min
  2. 9What is something worth?Why does ten minutes of the right work sometimes earn more than ten hours of hard sweat?25 min
  3. 10What happens when you change the price?If you raise your price by ₹5, will you make more money or less?25 min
  4. 11Three ways to set a priceShould you price a product by what it cost you to make, what rivals charge, or what it saves the buyer?25 min
  5. 12How strangers decide to trust youWhy will someone queue for twenty minutes at one tiny food stall and walk past an empty stall right beside it?25 min
  6. 13Reaching customers, and what each customer costsIf you spend ₹100 on posters to win a customer who gives you ₹60 of profit, how fast will you go broke?25 min
  7. 14Competition, and what stops a copycatThe week after your stall succeeds, someone sets up the same stall ten metres away. What now?25 min
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Part 3Revenue, cost and profitRevenue versus profit, fixed and variable costs, break-even, unit economics, cash flow, two accounting sheets, and growing on your own rupees

6 chaptersAbout 2½ hours

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  1. 15Revenue is not profitIf a stall sells ₹10,000 of lemonade in a weekend, why might the founder go home with only ₹800?25 min
  2. 16Fixed costs, variable costs and break-evenHow many cups do you have to sell before the stall stops losing money and starts earning its first rupee of profit?25 min
  3. 17Does one sale pay for itself?Why can a business lose ₹15 on every single order and fool itself into thinking that doubling orders will fix it?25 min
  4. 18Why profitable companies run out of cashHow can a workshop with a full order book and ₹36,000 of real profit still be unable to pay its supplier on Friday?25 min
  5. 19Keeping the books on one pageIf you only look at what is inside the cash box, how can you miss the machine that is wearing out and the supplier bill due on Monday?25 min
  6. 20Growing on what you earnIs it better to own 100% of a business that grows on customer payments, or a smaller slice of one that raises outside money?25 min
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Part 4Pitching, building a one-person business, and your questionPitching in sixty seconds, standing up to questions, a solo enterprise, bottlenecks, rules and ethics, matchmakers, and the question you will write on

6 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 21The sixty-second pitchWhy does a calm sixty-second explanation with one real number persuade more people than five minutes of grand adjectives?25 min
  2. 22The five-slide pitch deckHow do you tell the difference between a slide that proves a business works and a slide that only dresses up a guess?25 min
  3. 23Running a one-person companyHow can one person with ten hours a week deliver more reliably than a disorganised team of five?25 min
  4. 24Operations: how the work gets doneIf a sandwich line has four stations and one slow toaster in the middle, why does making the bread cutter twice as fast produce zero extra sandwiches?25 min
  5. 25Rules, taxes and playing fairWhy do clear rules, honest weights, and written agreements help a young builder rather than hold them back?25 min
  6. 26Digital businesses and platformsHow do you start a marketplace when no buyer will visit until there are sellers, and no seller will join until there are buyers?25 min
  7. The wrap-upYour question, and what nextSo, coming back: how does a tiny idea become a real enterprise that stands on its own feet?30 min
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Your certificate

A certificate of completion, issued when you pass every chapter check and the final round while logged in. It names the course and its length, about 12 hours. It is not a grade, an examination result or an accreditation.

This course is for learning. It is not investment, tax or legal advice, and it names no startup, brand or app to praise or judge. Ask a parent or a professional before any money or legal decision.