Course details
📘 Course Overview
Budgeting isn’t about spreadsheets — it’s about survival.
In this founder-first course, you’ll learn how to:
- Create startup budgets at different stages
- Mix the right estimate types for better accuracy
- Avoid common financial traps early founders fall into
- Communicate your budget to teammates and investors with confidence
By the end, you’ll have a founder-friendly, stage-specific budgeting strategy that can grow with your startup — not just a financial template.
📚 What You'll Learn
- The 6 budgeting estimate types every founder must know
- How to use each one (with real startup examples)
- Which estimate to use depending on your startup’s stage
- How to build a complete startup budget using multiple estimates
- How to track, maintain, and adjust your budget over time
- How to explain your budget and burn rate to investors
🎯 Ideal For
This course is made for:
- 🚀 Startup Founders (Pre-seed to Series A)
- 💡 Solo Builders or First-Time Entrepreneurs
- 💼 Accelerator and incubator participants
- 💸 Anyone preparing to raise capital
- 🎓 Startup mentors, coaches, or educators
🎓 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
✅ Identify and apply the 6 estimate types
✅ Match the right estimates to your startup stage
✅ Build a lean, flexible, founder-friendly budget
✅ Forecast CAC, LTV, runway, and burn rate
✅ Communicate your budget confidently to investors
✅ Make smarter decisions with data — not just guesses
Course curriculum(Module 1 Free)
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1Module 1: Intro to Startup Budgeting
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2Module 2: The 6 Types of Budgeting Estimates You’ll Use
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3Module 3: Choosing the Right Estimate for the Right Stage
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4Module 4: Your Turn — Build Your Startup Budget Using Multiple Estimate Types
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5Module 5: Customer Acquisition Cost and Life Time Value
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6Module 6: Living with Your Budget — How to Maintain, Adapt, and Communicate It