This course is intended to help startups navigate various government stakeholders, understand how to become a vendor and negotiate contracts, and receive tips from seasoned entrepreneurs on getting from their first customer to their tenth customer.

The content is divided into the following Lessons:


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Course 1 – Doing Business with Government

GOAL: navigate various government stakeholders, understand how to become a vendor and negotiate contracts, and receive tips from seasoned entrepreneurs on getting from their first customer to their tenth customer.

Course 2 – The Government Technology Landscape

GOAL: examine investment trends, get to know key players, explore lessons learned and understand how policies and movements such as open data inform the business case for civic entrepreneurs.

Course 3 – Designing & Building Government Technology

GOAL: master the nuanced approaches for building government technology including conducting user research for government customers and constituents and working with unique sets of government technology stacks.