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Passionate and result oriented entrepreneurial leader with nearly 10 years of experience. He has built a track record in Digital Product Development, Launch of New Businesses & business models, General Management, Lean Startup and Global Strategy with a focus on the intersection of technology, people and venturing.
Together with a great team Don co-founded a company called Rockstart where they created, launched and managed International programs for entrepreneurs in the domains of Web&Mobile, Smart Energy, Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, both in Netherlands and LATAM. With his co-founder Rune, Don screened 5000+ startups pitches and together with an IC selected the best 150 startups to enter one of their programs.
After entering the program the startups received follow on investment totalling 70+ million from private investors and grew from 0 to EUR 350 million in value. Don also started Rockstart’s corporate practice where he launched custom made programs and competitions for companies like Philips, Sony and Shell.
Don loves working with teams and inspiring people to become more entrepreneurial, implementing new business models, applying the latest (lean) startup methodologies and helping to innovate companies and bring new products to market. In his personal life, he enjoys spending time with his family&friends, and he likes travelling, nature, squash, music and politics.
- Understanding the top reasons startups fail, so you (hopefully) won’t make the same mistakes
- Learn about the 4 startup types: which one do you have?
- Learning about Lean Startup, why it’s important, build measure learn principle & pivoting
- Learning the must-have roles to have in your team
- Learning the essentials of how to create a high performing team by the Pyramid of Lencioni
- Working on business model canvas value proposition: figuring out who your customer is, what problem you’re solving
- Learning how to design experiments for testing your initial ideas/assumptions
- Learning how to ask questions during customer-interviews the “right way” and create your own list of interview questions
- Conduct 10-15 customer interviews for your company to get insights on what type of product to build
- Learning how to work in sprints for your company
SKILLS:
-Entrepreneurship
-Pitching
-Startup ideation
-Market strategy
-Startup methodologies
DATE: 17 Feb - 7 Mar, 2020
DURATION: 3 Weeks
LECTURES: 3 Hours per day
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus
COURSE TYPE: Offline
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
COURSE OUTLINEABOUT DON
BIBLIOGRAPHY
During this course you will learn the essentials and practicalities of starting a company, how to use the business model canvas and lean startup to work out your value proposition, how to validate your idea and how to take the next steps in launching your company. We’ll use best practices learned by Don Ritzen, who’s invested in over 150 early stage businesses, of which 35% failed but 65% are still growing and some even do tens of millions of revenue.
Finally, we’ll focus on helping you develop a top performing team, which is the #1 reason for success, and failure.
DON RITZEN
DATE: 17 Feb – 7 Mar, 2020
DURATION: 3 Weeks
LECTURES: 3 Hours per day
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus
COURSE TYPE: Offline
FOUNDATIONS
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Session 2
Lencioni: 5 dysfunctions of a team part 1
+ one on one with teams
Session 3
Lencioni: 5 dysfunctions of a team part 2
(building trust: this exercise will take place outside of the building)
+ one on one with teams
Session 1
Introduction to course: why most startups fail + lean startup 101
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Session 4
+ Customer Understanding workshop incl. Value proposition design, market types, customer segments and early adopters
+ one on one with teams
During this course you will learn the essentials and practicalities of starting a company, how to use the business model canvas and lean startup to work out your value proposition, how to validate your idea and how to take the next steps in launching your company. We’ll use best practices learned by Don Ritzen, who’s invested in over 150 early stage businesses, of which 35% failed but 65% are still growing and some even do tens of millions of revenue.
Finally, we’ll focus on helping you develop a top performing team, which is the #1 reason for success, and failure.
LEAN STARTUP AND CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT BOOTCAMP
LEAN STARTUP AND CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT BOOTCAMP
"Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers" by Alexander Osterwalder (John Wiley and Sons,2010)
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