Programme Outline
Welcome to the Shell StartUp Engine digital modules powered by Startupbootcamp.
Course Curriculum
Our digital content spans a range of topics to cover all essential aspects of growing your start-up. Content will be released weekly throughout the programme. See below the current available modules.
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1
Welcome
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Welcome to Shell StartUp Engine!
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Welcome from Startupbootcamp!
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Week 1: Lean Startup
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Introduction to Lean Startup
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Test your learning: Lean Startup
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Additional resources: Lean Startup
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Feedback: Lean Startup
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Week 1: Energy Landscape
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Introduction to the energy landscape
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Disruptive forces in the energy landscape
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Test your learning: Energy Landscape
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Activity: Learn more about your local energy market
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Additional resources: Shell scenarios
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Feedback: Energy Landscape
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Week 1: Business Model Design
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Introduction to business model design
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Video: Business Model Canvas explained by Strategyzer
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Completing the Business Model Canvas
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Example: Netflix Business Model Canvas
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Activity: Netflix Business Model Canvas
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Exploring business model types
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Activity Review: Netflix Business Model Canvas
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Presenting your Business Model Canvas
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Case Study: EnergyTech Ventures
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Activity: Complete your Business Model Canvas
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Answers: Apple business model innovation
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Activity: Exploring business model types
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Test your learning: Business Model Design
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Feedback: Business Model Design
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Week 2: Customer Development
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Introduction to customer development
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Video: Who do you interview? with Justin Wilcox
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Customer problems, jobs and personas
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Video: Understanding the job with Clayton Christensen
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Activity: SPA treatment
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Activity: Customer persona
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Activity: Customer jobs-to-be-done
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How to interview customers
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Video: What do you ask? with Justin Wilcox
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Video: The Mom Test
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Test your learning: Good and bad interview questions
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Case Study: EnergyTech Ventures
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Case Study: Powerdiverter
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Test your learning: Customer Development
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Activity: Interview your early adopter customers
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Feedback: Customer Development
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Week 3: Value Proposition Canvas
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The Value Proposition Canvas
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Case Study: LexX Technologies
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Activity: Complete your Value Proposition Canvas
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Feedback: Value Proposition Canvas
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Week 3: Vision and Mission
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Introduction to Vision and Mission
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Test your knowledge
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Additional resources & examples
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Week 3: OKRs
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John Doerr: Why the secret to success is setting the right goals
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Introduction to goal setting with OKRs
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How to implement OKRs
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How to track and evaluate OKRs
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How to create team alignment
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Test your learning: OKRs
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Activity: Set your OKRs
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Additional resources: OKRs
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Feedback: OKRs
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Week 4: MVP & Experiment Design
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Introduction to MVP
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Examples of MVPs
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I want to build an MVP, what should I keep in mind?
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Measure and learn from your MVP
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Test your learning: MVP & Experiment Design
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Case Study: Sirius
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Case Study: Powerdiverter
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Activity: Brainstorming MVPs
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Activity: Build and test your MVP
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Feedback: MVP & Experiment Design
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Week 4: Digital Marketing & Growth Hacking
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Introduction to digital marketing
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How to develop a digital marketing strategy
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How to hack growth via digital experiments
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Test your learning: Digital Marketing & Growth Hacking
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Activity: Map out your marketing funnel
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Additional resources: Digital Marketing & Growth Hacking
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Week 5: Pitching & Storytelling
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Introduction to Storytelling
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Writing your pitch
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Delivering your pitch
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How to write an elevator pitch
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Storytelling Tactics and Examples
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Case Study: RedGrid
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Startupbootcamp Demo Day
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Activity: Write your pitch!
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AirBnB's First Pitch Deck
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Template: Pitch deck
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Test your knowledge
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Additional resources: Pitching & Storytelling
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Feedback: Pitching & Storytelling
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Week 6: Product-Market Fit
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Introduction to product-market fit
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How to reach product-market fit
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How to measure product-market fit - Part I The 'Art'
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How to measure product-market fit - Part II Key Metrics
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Activity: Set your product-market fit metrics
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How to optimise product-market fit
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Activity: Optimise your product-market fit
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Article: The only thing that matters by Marc Andreessen
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Additional resources: product-market fit
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Test your learning: product-market fit
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Feedback: product-market fit
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Week 6: POVs, POCs and Pilots
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Preparing for customer test projects
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Types of customer test projects
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Test your learning: Customer Testing
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The POC Canvas
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Activity & Resource: POC Canvas
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Case Study PoV: EnergyTech Ventures
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Template: LOI, SOW and NDA
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Feedback: Customer Testing (Corporate)
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Before you go...
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Congratulations!
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