PreFlight Digital
Ready to turn your idea into reality?
PreFlight Digital is a virtual program designed to empower early-stage entrepreneurs to build, evaluate, and optimize their startup concepts, from wherever & whenever!
What’s Included?
Enrolling in the PreFlight Digital cohort allows you remote access to the following resources while you are a member of the EC:
- 8 digital curriculum modules made up of both video and text content
- 8 homework assignments to be submitted for EC Advisor feedback
- 3 Advisor meetings (hour long meetings done virtually or in-person)
- Quarterly events to connect with other PreFlight participants
- Virtual Slack channel to communicate with other entrepreneurs in the program
WEEK 1: Your Entrepreneurial Mission
>>Goal: In this session, hear first-hand stories from successful entrepreneurs who have been there, done that. You'll work on understanding and communicating the nature of your entrepreneurial journeys and begin identifying what resources you need to increase your chances for success.
WEEK 2: Targeting Customer Problems
>>Goal: In this session, you'll work on identifying, targeting, and expressing customer problems that your startups address.
WEEK 3: Solving Customer Problems
>>Goal: In this session, you'll discuss building solutions that best fit the problems you have identified.
WEEK 4: Understanding Early Adopters
>>Goal: In this session, we'll take a look at how entrepreneurs can more efficiently and effectively find product-market fit. Analyze the common ways entrepreneurs waste scarce resources and how you can use customer validation to make the best use of your scarce resources.
WEEK 5: Finding Your White Space
>> Goal: In this session, you'll walk through methods to map out your competitive landscape and identify the best position for your businesses in the market.
WEEK 6: Your USP
>>Goal: In this session, you'll walk through an exercise to build and optimize a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and how to analyze the sustainability of that USP in the marketplace.
WEEK 7: Idea Frame & Business Model
>>Goal: In this session, you'll analyze how to build, analyze, and optimize a business model.
WEEK 8: Capturing Value
>>Goal: In this session, we'll dive into the critical components of creating, evaluating, and optimizing pricing and transaction strategies.
BONUS SESSION: Pitching Your Business
>>Goal: In this bonus session, you'll analyze the components of a great pitch, take a look at successful entrepreneur pitches, and work on developing a final pitch for your business.
Your Instructor
Course Curriculum
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Preview1-1 Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Overview (2:19)
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Preview1-2 Entrepreneurial Learning Processes (3:51)
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Preview1-3 Underlying Processes of Entrepreneurship (4:27)
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Preview1-4 Entrepreneurial Mindset (4:05)
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Preview1-5 Core Idea Overview (1:29)
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Preview1-6 Core Idea Overview - continued (1:46)
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Preview[Audio] Entrepreneur Profile: Craig Margolius, Founder SypCoffee
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Preview[Video] Entrepreneur Profile: Renee Bobb, Owner Music City Icons (1:10)
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PreviewAssignment 1 | Beginning with the End in Mind