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Two Day Bootcamp
A member of our team spends two days with your students and teachers, introducing startup concepts and beginning the brainstorming process that will eventually lead to the final Demo Day projects. These lively workshops cover teamwork, values, and the importance of our "no excuses" approach to problem solving.
Teacher Training
Our team offers trainings and goes through the curriculum with the teachers, answering any questions they have. Each class includes a lesson plan, slide presentation, and worksheets to make it turnkey. We also provide sample emails and a calendar for managing invitations to the community. Ongoing support and a network of professionals who have already taught the class are also available.
Eighteen Weeks of
Lesson Plans
Lesson One: Values and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Using real world examples, a look at values and the role they play in guiding company decisions. The periodic table of Jewish character traits is introduced.
Lesson Two: Evaluating the Competition Through Market Research
Six steps to conducting effective competitive analyses of companies who solve similar problems. The importance of pivots and the three main types to consider.
Lesson Three: The Lean Startup Method
How and when to use the Lean Startup Method to test ideas. Identifying the ideal customer and the minimum viable product. Problem statements and business models.
Lesson Four: First Guest Speaker
Invite a speaker from the community to join the class and discuss their entrepreneurial journey. Ideally guests will discuss what worked and what they wish they had known when they were starting out.
Lesson Five: Business Models and Risky Hypotheses
Exploring teamwork from the Jewish perspective. Identifying, ranking, and testing risky hypotheses. Importance of the Risky Hypotheses Matrix.
Lesson Six: Customer Interviews
The art of interviewing customers. Problem interviews vs. solution interviews. What to ask and how to prevent interviewees from telling you what they think you want to hear.
Lesson Seven: Landing Page Design
The difference between a landing page and a website. Conversion paths, A/B testing, lead magnets, and calls to action. Gather information for landing pages.
Lesson Eight: Building a Landing Page
How to build a landing page. The importance of forms and what should be collected. Divide responsibilities and begin building.
Lesson Nine: Mentor Session
Invite mentors from the community, ideally parents or friends of the school who are founders or VCs. Each team pitches their project to their mentor and listens for feedback.
Lesson Ten: Planning a Prototype
Minimum Viable Products or MVPs. How to build a prototype. The importance of planning. How to do the most with the least.
Lesson Eleven: Building a Prototype
Using the plans from the last class, build a prototype with paper, cardboard, and any other materials available. Match up with a buddy team and share prototypes.
Lesson Twelve: Social Impact
Social impact and how it relates to the Jewish values. Sustainable development goals. Success metrics. Social venture analysis.
Lesson Thirteen: The Pitch Deck
Three different types of pitching and their key elements. Successful pitch decks. Teams create pitch deck outlines and preparation.
Lesson Fourteen: The Art of Pitching
Different styles of pitching with examples. Importance of speaker notes. Revenue models, costs, market size. Divide pitch so each team member has a role.
Lesson Fifteen: Second Guest Speaker
Invite a second speaker from the community to join the class and discuss their entrepreneurial journey. Ideally guests will discuss what worked and what they wish they had known when they were starting out.
Lesson Sixteen: Fundraising
From startup to stockmarket. Seed money, series A, B, C, D, capital raise, and exit. How to financially value your company.
Lesson Seventeen: Refining the Story
Mentors are invited back and the teams practice their pitches. Mentors give feedback and help refine the story for demo day.
Lesson Eighteen: Demo Day!!!
A shark tank style pitch fest where each team gets a few minutes to share their presentation with an audience, including three to five judges from the community (founders or VCs) who will ask questions, give feedback, and ultimately pick one or more winners out of the groups.
Judges to evaluate the pitches on Demo Day
Mentors to support each team as they develop their ideas
Valuing Community
The entire community can be invited to Demo Day to cheer for their favorite pitches
Field Trips to local startups run by community members
Guest speakers who can talk about their experiences as early founders
Remembering Our Connection to Israel
​The Israel Startup Nation Trek
With a reputation for having the most tech startups per capita, Israel has made major innovations in water, alternative energy, healthcare, agritech, and more.​​ Explore the Israeli Tech Ecosystem by spending a week with your students in Israel, meeting and visiting key anchors - entrepreneurs, incubators, VCs and the Innovation Authority.