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Welcome to Digital Firestarter!

During the six-week course you will build a business model hypothesis for your idea or technology. It will be challenging but by end of this course you will to be able to effectively communicate your idea to investors and have a stronger understanding of the problems that your customers and target audience face. 

What will you learn?

  • Assessing Risk 
  • Storytelling 
  • Effective Verbal Communication 
  • Market sizing, landscape, and segmentation 
  • Customer types 
  • Revenue models 
  • Value Chain Mapping 
  • Building a competitive profile 

How to Enroll

  1. Click the “Enroll Today” button below. 
  1. Fill out the registration form (remember your username and password) 
  1. You will then get an email from asking you to verify your email. 
  1. Once you have verified your email, login to your account. 
  1. At the bottom of the main menu, you can enroll in the “Digital Firestarter” course. 
  1. An administrator will then approve your enrollment, this can take 24 to 48 hours. 
  1. You will then get an email confirming your enrollment approval. 

*If you have yet to hear a response about your enrollment status after the time presented above, please contact your course administrator.