Fall 2026 Business GU4519 section 001

Launch Your Startup

Call Number 16535
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Brian Scordato
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Launch Your Startup is a class for people with a startup idea (or ideas). Whether that idea is brand new or you've been working on it for a year, we'll teach you how to validate, test, and (hopefully) launch it. We'll run your idea through a validation framework that includes: founder exploration (you), in-depth customer research (your customer), a marketing campaign (measuring customer intent), market sizing & competitive analysis, solution testing, and dead-simple financial modeling (no finance background required). By the end of this class, you'll be able to evaluate any startup ideas you come up with.

The final output is a formal pitch where you argue why your idea is – or isn't – worth pursuing.

Department Mendelson Center
Enrollment 5 students (74 max) as of 9:06PM Monday, August 31, 2026
Subject Business
Number GU4519
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To Business, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, General Studies
Section key 20263BUSI4519W001