Course Description

Launch University will help you turn your big idea into a first step making a business. The curriculum cover 4 topics: Customer Validation, Business Modeling, Pitching, and our "catch-all" category of Founder 101. Finally, it concludes with a live pitch event where you have 2 minutes to tell the world about your idea.

Developed over 7 years by Fuse Accelerator in Tri-Cities, WA, Launch University has been used to produce and polish ideas from food trucks to art studios, escape rooms to fitness consulting, and apps of all kinds.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome to Launch University

    • Video: Introduction

    • Introduce Yourself
  • 2

    Customer Validation

    • Customer Validation: Introduction

    • Customer Validation: Check-In

    • Customer Validation: Guide

    • Video: Customer Types

    • Video: Interviews & Surveys

    • Customer Validation: Slides

    • Video: Personas

    • Customer Validation: Feedback
  • 3

    Business Model

    • Business Model: Introduction

    • Business Model: Check-In

    • Business Model: Guide

    • Video: Value Proposition

    • Business Model: Slides

    • Business Model: Feedback
  • 4

    Pitching

    • Pitching: Introduction

    • Pitching: Check-In

    • Pitching: Guide

    • Video: Start with Why

    • Pitching: Slides

    • Short-Form Pitch Examples

    • Pitching: Feedback
  • 5

    Founder 101

    • Founder 101: Introduction

    • Founder 101: Check-In

    • Founder 101: Guide

    • Video: The Next Right Thing

    • Founder 101: Slides

    • Founder 101: Feedback
  • 6

    Pitch Night

    • Pitch Night: Introduction

    • Pitch Night: Feedback
  • 7

    What's Next?

    • Beyond Launch University