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SFE Schedule

Below is the 2025 “Strategy for Entrepreneurs” course schedule.

MISSING VALUE: STARTUPS AS THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS

  • Week 1: Introduction to SFE I
    • January 28 What makes a startup idea promising?
    • January 31 Simplisafe with guest Eleanor Laurans
  • Week 2: Introduction to SFE II
    • February 06 Beam and the Theory-Experiment Approach
    • February 07 mPharma, Startups as Theories, and Memo Overview
  • Week 3: Introduction to SFE III
    • February 13 Lyra and the Theory-Test Sequence
    • February 14 Proactive For Her and Testing Strategies
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 1: Complete the first draft by Sunday 2/16 11:59pm.

SOCIAL VALUE: LEARNING FROM FEEDBACK AND ADVICE

  • Week 4: Feedback and advice
    • February 20 Foodology
    • 📝 SFE Feedback 1: Complete online peer feedback by Thursday 2/20 11:59pm.
    • February 21 Strategy Feedback Workshop Workshop #1

TESTING VALUE: BUILD AND EXPERIMENT

  • Week 5: Gathering data
    • February 26 Building and Testing with Generative AI with guest Thomas Baker
    • February 27 Build Time # 1 (Inside or Outside of the Classroom)
    • February 28 Build Time # 2 (Inside or Outside of the Classroom)

MEASURING VALUE: THE ECONOMICS OF STARTUP EXPERIMENTS

  • Week 6: False positives, false negatives, and financial performance
    • March 06 Framebridge
    • March 07 Washio with guest Jordan Metzner
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 2: Add experiment results to your memo by Sunday 3/09 11:59pm.
  • Week 7: Experimentation and startup economics
    • 📝 SFE Feedback 2: Complete online peer feedback by Wednesday 3/12 11:59pm.
    • March 12 Ethena
    • March 13 Strategy Feedback Workshop #2
    • March 14 Build Time #3 (Outside of the Classroom)
  • Week 8: No Class
    • 🌷🌷🌷 Spring Break 🌷🌷🌷

DISCOVERING VALUE: HOW FOUNDERS AND VC LEARN

📝  Individual progress feedback with the Professor (3/24-4/23).

  • Week 9: Entrepreneurial Learning I
    • March 27 Build Time #4 (Inside or Outside of the Classroom)
    • March 28 Skylight with guest Michael Segal (RC TEM Experiment!)
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 3: Updated memo & deck draft by Sunday 3/30 11:59pm.
  • Week 10: Entrepreneurial Learning II
    • April 2 Primetime Partners with guest Abby Levy
    • 📝 SFE Feedback 3: Complete online peer feedback by Thursday 4/2 11:59pm.
    • April 3 Strategy Feedback Workshop #3
    • April 4 Build Time #5 (Inside or Outside of the Classroom)
  • Week 11: Entrepreneurial Learning III
    • April 10 ButcherBox with guest Mike Salguero
    • April 11 Build Time #6
  • Week 12: Course Wrap I
    • April 16 TBA
    • 📝 SFE Deck: Your 5-slide deck is due by Wednesday 4/16 11:59pm.
    • April 17 Final Presentations I
    • April 18 Final Presentations II + Course Wrap
  • Week 13: Final Sprint
    • April 23 Build Time #7 (Outside of the Classroom)
    • 📝 SFE Memo Draft 4: Final memo is due by Sunday 4/27 11:59pm.