What you will be able to do
- Define products and roadmaps
- run user research
- build financial models
- understand funding options
- manage a small product team
- pitch
Syllabus
- 1 Product discovery
- 2 User research and testing
- 3 Roadmaps and priorities
- 4 Agile delivery with a team
- 5 Unit economics and pricing
- 6 Financial model and cash flow
- 7 Funding, grants and investors
- 8 Pitch and investor Q and A
Hands-on practical activities
- Interview users and test a prototype
- build a spreadsheet financial model
- run two-week sprints
- deliver a pitch to a panel
Resources and equipment
Laptops, project board, spreadsheet, prototyping tools, pitch template, panel of local business people
🔋 No power? Off-grid option
Paper prototypes and user testing in the community
Career direction
Product manager, business analyst, startup founder, innovation officer
Why it matters in the market
Startups, NGOs and corporates need product thinkers who also understand money
Assessment
Product plan, model and pitch
Progression
From EX5, TR6 or TR10; stacks with MK9, MK1