10 Courses on How to Build an AI Startup

If you haven’t already, please study my free Bootstrapping course.

Udemy has over two million students who are learning Machine Learning on the platform. Many of these students are aspiring entrepreneurs.

Here is a list of Udemy entrepreneurship courses based on the 1Mby1M methodology that would help them put one foot before the other to get a startup strategy figured out.

1. Please start with going over the case studies and sector overview in How To Build AI Startups with Sramana Mitra

Among the issues you would have encountered in the above course is the question of how to bootstrap your way to enough validation such that you can attract some funding.

Remember the 1Mby1M mantra: Do not go to VCs as beggars, go as kings.

While investors are keen on AI startups, they’re keen ONLY on startups that show a clear validation strategy, domain knowledge, data strategy, and unfair advantage.

One strategy, for example, to overcome the chicken and egg problem of gaining access to data to build your AI models on is to bootstrap your product startup using services.

So here we go:

1. Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later with Sramana Mitra
2. Bootstrapping a Startup with a Paycheck with Sramana Mitra
3. Bootstrapping a Startup with Services with Sramana Mitra
4. How to Bootstrap Startups by Piggybacking with Sramana Mitra
5. How To Succeed As A Solo Entrepreneur with Sramana Mitra

You should also know how investors think before going to VCs. Don’t go prematurely. Pre-seed funding is very difficult with extremely high rejection rates.

1. How Pre-Seed Investors Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra
2. How Seed Investors Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra
3. Post-Seed and Pre-Series A Investors on Startups with Sramana Mitra
4. How Seed Investors Think About Deep Tech with Sramana Mitra

All the best!

Looking For Some Hands-On Advice?

For entrepreneurs who want to discuss their specific businesses with me, I’m very happy to assess your situation during my free online 1Mby1M Roundtables, held almost every week. You can also connect with me during our Rendezvous meetups, and check out my Bootstrapping Course, our YouTube channel, podcast interviews with VCs and Founders.