Key Themes

#startup

  • Get prepared to start your own company

  • A founder 101 - shareholder agreements to managing scale

  • Startup fundamentals that are seldom covered

25 Videos - 55 Minutes

  • 1

    Chapter 1

    • Lesson 1 - From Founders to Leaders

    • Lesson 2 - Shareholder Agreements part 1

    • Lesson 3 - Project Management 101 - Discrete Projects

    • Lesson 4 - Shareholder agreements part 2

    • Lesson 5 - Options 101

    • Lesson 6 - Options and employees

    • Lesson 7 - Profit Share

    • Lesson 8 - Avoiding emotion in interveiws

    • Lesson 9 - Hiring HR

    • Lesson 10 - Avoiding bloat

    • Lesson 11 - Founders don't have to be leaders

    • Lesson 12 - Dealing with conflict

    • Lesson 13 - Managing small vs Managing big

    • Lesson 14 - Managing scale
  • 2

    Chapter 2

    • Lesson 1 - Recap

    • Lesson 2 - Ownership and Control

    • Lesson 3 - Options vs Shares for remuneration

    • Lesson 4 - How much should founders pay themselves-

    • Lesson 5 - Salary and Opportunity Cost

    • Lesson 6 - Should you pay employees more than yourself-

    • Lesson 7 - Should you be transparent about salaries-

    • Lesson 8 - Transparent salaries - the counterpoint

    • Lesson 9 - An investor is NOT a sales deal

    • Lesson 10 - Investors are about more than money

    • Lesson 11 - The Entrepreneurial Chronology

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Meet your instructor

William Scott-Jackson

Professor William Scott-Jackson is Chairman of Oxford Strategic Consulting and Visiting Professor at Cass Business School. William is also an entrepreneur, having sold three consultancy companies since 2000, as well as a very early-stage investor in companies such as Natural Motion and TdeltaS (normally Oxford Spin-outs).

Reviews

5 star rating

Quick, smart, pertinent

Susannah Rose

A speed through the essentials that every founder needs to think about - don't miss this!

A speed through the essentials that every founder needs to think about - don't miss this!

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Extremely Useful

Nazan Cayrak

I really learned a lot and confirmed some of the thoughts. Many thanks for sharing invaluable experiences and advice.

I really learned a lot and confirmed some of the thoughts. Many thanks for sharing invaluable experiences and advice.

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Key operational and strategic insights!

Marina Simonian

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