Course Description

Based on the successful Lean LaunchPad course curriculum, Hacking 4 Recovery provides real world, hands-on learning on what it’s like to actually start a high-tech company.  This class is not about how to write a business plan.  This is a practical class – essentially a lab, not a theory or “book” class.  Our goal, within the constraints of an online classroom and a limited amount of time, is to create an entrepreneurial experience for you with all of the pressures and demands of the real world in an early stage start up.

You will form a team with 3 others from the Stanford Community to work on an idea to create a business for the recovery. The team will attend the 5 day workshop – meeting Monday through Friday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PDT.  During the day, students work with teammates, meet with mentors, and conduct customer discovery interviews. During class, students will listen to a lecture and more importantly present their findings for the day to the class and to teaching team members. The teaching team will provide detailed feedback to each team and help the team figure out next steps for testing their ideas.

This course is team-based, thus working and studying will be done exclusively in teams.  Although there is no grading and no course credit, you are expected to attend all online classes (4:00 – 7:00 PM, Mon.-Fri.) as your teammates are counting on you.  Join this class and help restart our economy!