DECODE: Silicon Valley Startup Success (Decal)

Our curriculum consists of guest speakers from top entrepreneurs, executives of top companies, and investors, as well as hands-on assignments and projects to help students build
their portfolios.

Objectives:

• Understand what it is like to be involved with a startup
• Learn best practices for early-stage startups and mistakes to avoid
• Evaluate which early-stage startup is good to join, invest or get more involved with
• Gain better awareness of how you can best plug into the startup ecosystem
• Build your domain expertise in a particular sector or industry
• Be self-aware as to whether they are better suited to be a founder, an early-stage startup employee, a growth-stage startup employee, a big tech employee, or an investor

Spring 2023 Notion:
https://cliff-parcel-6b9.notion.site/INDENG198-Spring-2023-f2a3d253973c41e8a23d98f95e5cd8ad

Fall 2023 Notion:
https://cliff-parcel-6b9.notion.site/INDENG198-Fall-2023-30c9cf4364874d4a9eac92de50db02e9?pvs=4