Details LO

No Title No LO Description
Name
1 Document type SYLLABUS 1 LO1 Understand of key start-up issues at a basic level
2 Program <UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM> 2 LO2 Form the right team and express effective teamwork
3 Decision No. <318/QĐ-ĐHFPT> 3 LO3 Conduct survey and make market research
4 Course Name <EXPERIMENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1> 4 LO4 Build the right product and the reasonable business model
5 Course Code EXE101 5 LO5 Create a startup company profile and present it convincingly
6 No of credits <3>
7 Degree Level <Bachelor>
- Students' Self-paced online learning: 15 hours
- Learning face-to-face with a lecturer: 20 sessions (2 sessions/week x 10 weeks; 1,5
hrs/session)
8 Time Allocation
- Guest speakers' Sharing - Seminars: 5 sessions (2hrs/section)
- Mentors' Mentoring: 5 sections (1hr/section)

9 Pre-requisite No pre-requisite
- This course will provide students with essential knowledge and tips on starting a start-up
efficiently and effectively.
- The course covers the most important aspects of modern entrepreneurship.
- Students will watch sharing videos by prolific startup founders on various topics. Each
week, there will be a face-to-face session with a lecturer, typically a business teacher,
who will re-cap and check on students' understanding of the week's main topic. Students
are grouped into teams of 4 to 6 from different fields.
10 Description
- Each team will have to develop a startup idea and work on the project with guidance
and support from lecturers and mentors throughout the course.
- Biweekly, this course has the participation of guest speakers who are entrepreneurs or
venture capitalists who will share their extensive experience and unique perspective in the
entrepreneurial world of startups.

- Students must attend at least 80% of Instructor's Coaching sections, including Seminars.
- Students are responsible for doing all exercises and assignments given by the instructor
in class or at home and submitting them on time.
- Students must meet all checkpoints' requirements.
11 Student's task - Use laptop in class only for learning purpose b
- Promplty access to the Edunext for up to date course information.

- Laptop computer
12 Tools - Internet
- A hall for seminars has a capacity of 200 people
 Details LO
No Title No LO Description
Name
Progress marks:
- 08 presentation regarding assigned video lectures: 15%.
- 04 Checkpoints (CPs) are assessments given by the lecturer: 85%, in which:
CP1 - Set and work in a team: 10%
CP2 - Find the market pain and do market reseach: 20%
CP3 - Build product/service and Biz Model: 15%
CP4 - Build Company Profile: 40%
13 Note?
Conditions to pass:
- The Quiz grade average is caculated from 8 Quizzes.
- Each Checkpoint mark > 0
- Grade Average >= 5/10
- Final checkpoint mark (CP4) >= 5/10. If fail, students can try again one more time.

14 Min GPA to pass <5>

15 Scoring scale <10>
16 Approved date <mm/dd/yyyy>
 Session Content LO Student's materials
Watch video lectures below:
a) Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I - Why to Start a Startup
(Link: https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec01/)

b) Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II

(Link: https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec02/)

c) How to Succeed With a Startup

(Link: https://blog.ycombinator.com/sam-altman-how-to-succeed-with-a-
startup/)

d) Biggest Mistakes First-Time Founders Make

(Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/66-biggest-mistakes-first-
time-founders-make)
Spark and nurture
1 (Week 1) 1
entrepreneurial spirit e) (Optional) Stop searching for you passion
(Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MBaFL7sCb8)

f) (Optional) Mark Zuckerberg on Building a Startup

(Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/5s-mark-zuckerberg-on-
building-a-startup)
- (Optional) Read book The Lean Startup, chapter 1

Before class:
- Follow the video lectures and do Quiz #1
During class:
Seminar “Be Successful in Your Own - Follow the instructions and requirements of the Lecturer, review assigned
(Week 1) Way” – Guest speaker video lectures.
- Discussion

Watch video lectures below:

a) How to Find the Right Co-founder (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8h-how-to-find-the-right-co-
founder)
b) How to Work Together (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6n-how-to-work-together)
c) (Optional) How to Find a Co-founder (Link:
2 (Week 2) Form a Winning Team 2 https://www.ycombinator.com/library/7j-how-to-find-a-co-founder)
d) (Optional) How do You Convince Someone to Join Your Startup?
(Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/5b-how-do-you-convince-
someone-to-join-your-startup)
- (Optional) Read book The Lean Startup, chapter 2

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 Session Content LO Student's materials
Watch video lectures below:
a) How to Get and Test Ideas (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/7x-how-to-get-and-test-ideas)
b) How to Evaluate Startup Ideas (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6e-how-to-evaluate-startup-ideas)
Develop and Evaluate a c) How to Measure (Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6e-how-
3 (Week 3) 3, 4 to-evaluate-startup-ideas)
Startup Idea
d) (Optional) How to Build the Future (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6G-how-to-build-the-future)
- (Optional) Read book The Lean Startup chapter 3

Seminar “Choosing a Startup Idea” –

(Week 3) Guest Speaker
Watch video lectures below:
a) How to Talk to Users (Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6g-
how-to-talk-to-users)
b) How to Find Product-Market Fit (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/7V-how-to-find-product-market-fit-
sus-2018)
c) (Optional) How to Run a User Interview (Link:
https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec16/)
Understand Customer and d) (Optional) 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation (Link:
4 (Week 4) 3.4
Find Market-fit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vskiVDwl4)
e) (Optional) How to Find Product Market Fit (Link:
https://blog.ycombinator.com/how-to-find-product-market-fit-peter-
reinhardt/)
- (Optional) Read book The Lean Startup, chapter 4

Perform real-world customer interview to understand their problem and

5 (Week 5) Market Research 3.4 formulate a solution

Workshop How to do market research –

(Week 5) Lecturer or Guest speaker

Watch video lectures below:

a) How to Plan an MVP (Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6f-
how-to-plan-an-mvp)
b) How to Build Products Users Love (Link:
https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec07/)
6 (Week 6) Build Product 4 c) Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing (Link:
https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec04/)
- (Optional) Read book The Lean Startup, chapter 5

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 Session Content LO Student's materials
Seminar on MVP and How to
Seminar
Shorten Time-To- Market –
(Week 6)
Guest speaker
Watch videos below:
a) Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8E-nine-business-models-and-the-
metrics-investors-want-sus-2019)
b) Startup Pricing 101 (Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6h-
7 (Week 7) Business Model 4 startup-pricing-101)

Watch videos below:

a) Modern Startup Funding (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8F-modern-startup-funding-sus-
2019)
b) Fundraising Fundamentals (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/7I-fundraising-fundamentals-sus-
2018)
c) Reading: A Guide to Seed Fundraising (Link:
8 (Week 8) Fundraising 5 https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising)
Optional:
d) A Conversation With Aileen Lee (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/75-a-conversation-with-aileen-lee-
sus-2018)

Seminar on “Startup
Seminar
Fundraising & Venture
(Week 8)
Investment” – Guest speaker

Watch videos below:

a) Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups (Link:
https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec18/)
b) Managing Startup Finances (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8I-managing-startup-finances-sus-
2019)
9 (Week 9) Manage a Startup 5 c) Building an Engineering Team (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/7N-building-an-engineering-team-
sus-2018)
d) How to Lead (Link: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6s-how-to-
lead)

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 Session Content LO Student's materials
Watch videos below:
a) How to Pitch Your Startup (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6q-how-to-pitch-your-startup)
b) Reading: How to Design a Better Pitch Deck (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4T-how-to-design-a-better-pitch-
10 (Week 10) Introduce your startup 5 deck/)
c) Reading: A Guide to YC Demo Day Presentations (Link:
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/49-a-guide-to-yc-demo-day-
presentations)

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 Material
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No Material Description Purpose Type Website Author / Organization

1 Online material sources (video, documents) main learning material Free Online program www.StartupSchool.org Y Combinator (San Jose, CA)

reference for startup

2 Startup Directory sources Free online resources https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ Y Combinator (San Jose, CA)
ideas

3 Techstars reference Free online resources https://www.techstars.com/portfolio Techstars (Boulder, Colorado)

4 500 Startups reference Free online resources https://500.co/companies 500 Startups

5 AngelPad (NYC) reference Free online resources https://angelpad.com/portfolio/ AngelPad (NYC)

6 Seed Accelerators database reference Free online resources https://www.seed-db.com/accelerators Seed Accelerators

https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-
7 The Lean Startup reference ebook/book Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation-ebook/ Eric Ries
dp/B004J4XGN6
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4T-
8 How to Design a Better Pitch Deck reference ebook/book Kevin Hale
how-to-design-a-better-pitch-deck/
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-
9 A Guide to Seed Fundraising reference ebook/book Geoff Ralston
guide-to-seed-fundraising
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/49-a-
10 A Guide to YC Demo Day Presentations reference ebook/book Geoff Ralston
guide-to-yc-demo-day-presentations
Questions List

No. Week Time Questions Answers

Week 1 12:30 - 14:00 | 09/01/2023 Spark and nurture entrepreneurial spirit

What are the first few thoughts on entreprenuership?

Why is entreprenuership important for our economy?

From your net work, your experience, your known start up, why did the founder
start his/her company?

What makes successful entrepreneurship?

Seminar 12:30 - 14:00 | 30/01/2023 “Be Successful in Your Own Way” – Guest speaker
Should work first or just start a company?
Why did you choose your team members? Any criteria? How do you structure team and divide
the work within your team?

Which factors will decide the success of a startup? Please list out 3 factors
Why does your idea need to be 10x?
Week 2 14:15 - 15:45 | 03/02/2023 Form a Winning Team
What are the similarities between a startup and an SME?
What are the key differences between a startup and an SME?
Why customer interviews questions is different from a research paper interview questions?
Do you prefer a small market or a big market? Why?

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