Fall 2012: Bob Metcalfe on Startup Planning

In this week’s lecture, Professor Bob Metcalfe will discuss the practical use of spreadsheets in planning your startup’s future. He’ll talk about what a fume date is and the actions you can take to push that date as far as possible into the future.

AGENDA
– Thank you for dinner
– Brittani Crook, Discuss assignments for next week
– Bob Metcalfe – Startup Planning
– Mentor meetings

DUE TODAY
– Learn how to use Excel and Google Spreadsheets

DUE NEXT WEEK
NOTE – CLASS IS ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK
WATCH: Brett Hurt Interview http://weareaustintech.com/brett-hurt
BROWSE: Brett Hurt LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt
BROWSE: Bazaarvoice http://www.bazaarvoice.com
BROWSE: Core Metrics http://coremetrics.com
SUBMIT: Draft report

This week: ATX Startup Week!

On Thursday, join students from 1 Semester Startup as they network with other local startups during the ATX Startup Crawl during ATX Startup Week. The full schedule for the event can be found here:

http://plancast.com/atxstartupweek

No lecture this week!

1SS Networking Dinner #2 @ Rudy’s on 360

Join us for a casual evening dinner on 10/27 where we’ll talk about student startups and what everyone is working on. These events are a great chance for students and mentors to get to know each other better and open up new opportunities. Interested in the course? Come out and talk to the 1SS instructors to see how you can be involved.

This event is open to the public.

Click here to RSVP on Facebook

Fall 2012: Week 6, Fundraising with Kip McClanahan

This week, Kip McClanahan of Silverton Partners will discuss the mechanics of fundraising for early stage startups like the ones in 1SS.

Watch a previous visit from Kip in Fall 2011

DUE TODAY
– BROWSE: http://venturehacks.com
– READ: http://baer.ly/howtoangellist
– SUBMIT: a link to your AngelList profile

DUE NEXT WEEK
– RSVP: http://atxstartupcrawl.com
– BROWSE the list of startups participating in the startup crawl
– ATTEND: Startup Week events http://atxstartupweek

Fall 2012, Week 5: Startup Metrics with Jason Cohen

This week, WPEngine founder Jason Cohen will discuss the process of creating relevant startup metrics. What kinds of things should you be measuring and how does measuring those things create a positive impact?

Watch “Naked Business” from the Fall 2011 semester, Jason Cohen’s entertaining talk on the importance of honesty.

DUE TODAY
– BROWSE: Jason Cohen’s Blog
– WATCH: Baer Startup Metrics
– WATCH: Dave McClure Pirate Metrics video

– SUBMIT: mock up your startup metrics dashboard (can have fake data)
– SUBMIT: equity breakdown / cap table

DUE NEXT WEEK
– BROWSE: http://venturehacks.com
– READ: http://baer.ly/howtoangellist
– SUBMIT: a link to your AngelList profile
– RSVP: http://atxstartupcrawl.com
– BROWSE the list of startups participating in the startup crawl
– ATTEND: Startup Week events