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SFE Schedule

Below is the 2026 “Strategy for Entrepreneurs” course schedule.

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION & STARTUPS AS THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS

  • Week 1
    • January 29 What makes a startup idea promising?
    • January 30 Course Introduction
  • Week 2:
    • February 04 Simplisafe w/ Eleanor Laurans
    • February 05 Beam

MODULE 2: SEQUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING

  • Week 2 & 3
    • February 06 mPharma
    • February 12 Lyra
    • February 13 Proactive For Her w/ Achita Jacob
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 1: Complete the first draft by Sunday 2/15 11:59pm.

MODULE 3: LEARNING FROM FEEDBACK AND ADVICE

  • Week 4
    • February 19 Foodology
    • 📝 SFE Feedback 1: Complete online peer feedback by Thursday 2/19 11:59pm.
    • February 20 Strategy Feedback Workshop Workshop #1

MODULE 4: LEARNING WITH AI

  • Week 5
    • February 25 Lovable
    • February 26 Build Time #1 w/ Thomas Baker
    • February 27 Build Time #2 w/ Thomas Baker
  • Week 6
    • March 05 Quilter w/ Sergiy Nesterenko
    • March 06 Fazeshift w/ Caitlin Leksana & Timmy Galvin
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 2: Add (in progress) experiment results by Sunday 3/08 11:59pm.

MODULE 5: LEARNING FROM BIASED AND NOISY SIGNALS

  • Week 7
    • March 11 Framebridge
    • March 12 Washio w/ Jordan Metzner (+ Vibe Coding)
    • 📝 SFE Feedback 2: Complete online peer feedback by Thursday 3/12 11:59pm.
    • March 13 Strategy Feedback Workshop Workshop #12
  • Week 8: No Class
    • 🌷🌷🌷 Spring Break 🌷🌷🌷
  • Week 9
    • 📝 Individual Feedback: Complete a required one-on-one with Rem, Jero, or Thomas by Sunday 4/26 11:59pm
    • March 26 Build Time #3 (In or Outside the Classroom) w/ EFs
    • March 27 Build Time #4 (In or Outside the Classroom) w/ EFs
  • Week 10
    • April 2 Ethena
    • April 3 Gamma w/ Grant Lee and friends*
  • Week 11
    • April 08 Build Time #5 (In or Outside the Classroom) w/ EFs
    • April 09 Primetime Partners w/ Abby Levy
    • April 10 Blue Moon VC w/ Ben Orthlieb*
    • 📝 SFE Memo & Deck: Updated memo & deck draft by Sunday 4/12 11:59pm.

FINAL COURSE FEST AND WRAP

  • Week 12
    • April 16 ”Demo Day” I
    • April 17 ”Demo Day” II
    • 📝 SFE Pitch Feedback 3: Submit feedback from pitch sessions by Friday 4/17 11:59pm.
  • Week 13
    • April 22 (9am start) Course Breakfast, Wrap + Feedback
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 4: Final memo and deck is due by Sunday 4/26 11:59pm.