Students learn how the software industry works, how commercial open source works, and how to create startups from research.
Slides are on GitHub, videos on YouTube, current course on Uni1. Slides and videos are CC BY 4.0 licensed.
1. The Software Industry
Understand the software industry, its history, players, and their strategies.
2. Software products
Understand software products as structured into core, basic, and whole product.
3. Software vendors
Understand software vendors, their business models, and how they differ from consultancies.
4. Business models
Understand what a business model is and how to design one using the business model canvas.
5. Open source software
Understand open source software, its licenses, and how companies use it correctly.
6. Open source projects
Understand open source projects, their communities, and their economic importance.
7. Commercial open source
Understand commercial open source firms, including their products and services.
8. Cloud service strategies
Understand how the cloud both empowers and fights commercial open source.
9. Software startups
Understand startups as a search process for a viable business model.
10. Research to startup
Understand how to manage research projects at a university to turn them into startups.
11. University spin-offs
Understand funding research, managing intellectual property, and the role of the university.
12. Startup fundraising
Understand the fundamentals of startup fundraising, valuation, investors, and risk profiles.