Academy

Startup Mastery

8-lesson programme covering the complete startup lifecycle from idea validation through to exit — funding stages, metrics, intangible assets, and value creation at every step.

📚 8 lessons ⏱ 8 lessons 🎯 Intermediate

What you will learn

  • Validate a startup idea using structured customer discovery and market sizing
  • Understand pre-seed funding instruments — SAFEs, convertible notes, and dilution mechanics
  • Measure and interpret seed-stage metrics: MRR, ARR, churn, NRR, and PMF signals
  • Demonstrate Series A unit economics: LTV, CAC, payback period, and the Rule of 40
  • Navigate Series B term sheets including liquidation preferences and anti-dilution provisions
  • Apply IAS 38 R&D capitalisation and EMI scheme design at the growth stage
  • Prepare a business for sale — data rooms, normalised EBITDA, and intangible asset documentation
  • Understand M&A closing mechanics: SPA, cap table waterfalls, BADR, and escrow

Course lessons

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Apply what you learn

Use the Opagio Valuator to put the techniques from this course into practice for your own business.

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