In this fast-paced, hands-on,  8 week course you will learn what it is like to successfully transfer knowledge into products and processes that benefit society! We’ll teach you how to efficiently get from idea to paying customers. This hands-on course is modeled directly after Stanford’s Lean Launchpad Class created by Steve Blank and WORKS!

We will only accept 6 teams of entrepreneurs that are passionate, curious and extremely agile. Each team member must be able to commit to 15 hours per week of customer discovery as well as purchase 2 books for the course (noted below).

We promise, you’ll learn more in this 8 week course than many entrepreneurs learn in their entire career!

Course Agenda:  (Saturdays from 9am+)

• Week 1: 3/30 – What To Expect & First Pitches – 3 hours
• Week 2: 4/06 – Customer Segments – 4 hours
• Week 3: 4/13 – Value Propositions – 4 hours
• Week 4: 4/20 – Channels – 4 hours
• Week 5: 4/27 – Customer Relationships – 4 hours
• Week 6: 5/04 – Revenue Models & Key Partners– 4 hours
• Week 7: 5/11 – Key Resources & Costs – 4 hours
• Week 8: 5/18 – Lessons Learned Presentations & Celebration – 5 hours

Books to Purchase:

Startup Owners Manual – Steve Blank

Business Model Generation – Alexander Osterwalder

Click below to register and then email aaron@gangplankhq.com with your team member names, contact information, bios, Business Model Canvas and a short description of your business idea to apply today!

The Pirate Mansion is a new project fostered in the early days of 2013.  We are creating a shared living space that will provide a home and collaboration center for passionate, innovative, and socially conscious entrepreneurs who are starting or have recently started a business, organization, or movement.  We are still finalizing the location, but it is likely to be around the Downtown/4th/University area–just a hop, skip and a jump from the new Gangplank Tucson in the heart of our vibrant downtown.

Our goal is to keep rent and maintenance of the mansion low so entrepreneurs can squeeze the most out of their finances and focus on their work.  There will also be regular collaborative sessions where all of those living in the house can put their brain power and skills together to help out their roommates on their respective projects.  Entrepreneurs will also receive high impact coaching & mentoring from investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders.

We expect the  mansion to be ready for move in around August 1st 2013.  We are currently accepting applications from passionate entrepreneurs that want to change the world!

Apply now!