2025 Fall
ENGIN 198 002 - GRP 002
Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates
Decal: DECODE Startup Success
Artem Gevorgyan
Class #:30239
Units: 2
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Engineering
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
15
Enrolled: 35
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 4 hours of directed group study per week.
Course Catalog Description
Group study of selected topics.
Class Description
This is a crash course equips aspiring founders, operators, and future investors with the
end-to-end skills needed to build, launch, grow, and scale a high-impact startup. Through live
lectures, hands-on projects, and candid fireside chats with Silicon Valley operators, you will
master customer discovery, product-market fit, business-model design, growth strategy, team
building, and the fundraising essentials that tie them together.
Objectives:
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● Validate real problems through structured customer discovery and user interviews.
● Craft and execute go-to-market and growth strategies (paid, organic, community).
● Build a high-performing founding team, culture, and operating cadence.
● Understand legal, operational, and fundraising fundamentals required to scale
Application: https://forms.gle/To2bFVustxSW8Tu67
end-to-end skills needed to build, launch, grow, and scale a high-impact startup. Through live
lectures, hands-on projects, and candid fireside chats with Silicon Valley operators, you will
master customer discovery, product-market fit, business-model design, growth strategy, team
building, and the fundraising essentials that tie them together.
Objectives:
scet.berkeley.edu 1
DocuSign Envelope ID: 9F3DD902-E046-4AB8-91C3-ADFB3C125774
● Validate real problems through structured customer discovery and user interviews.
● Craft and execute go-to-market and growth strategies (paid, organic, community).
● Build a high-performing founding team, culture, and operating cadence.
● Understand legal, operational, and fundraising fundamentals required to scale
Application: https://forms.gle/To2bFVustxSW8Tu67
Class Notes
Application:https://forms.gle/To2bFVustxSW8Tu67
See https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses for enrollment FAQs and contact scet-academics@berkeley.edu for additional questions.
This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship (https://scet.berkeley.edu/certif... show more
See https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses for enrollment FAQs and contact scet-academics@berkeley.edu for additional questions.
This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship (https://scet.berkeley.edu/certif... show more
Application:https://forms.gle/To2bFVustxSW8Tu67
See https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses for enrollment FAQs and contact scet-academics@berkeley.edu for additional questions.
This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship (https://scet.berkeley.edu/certificate-in-entrepreneurship-and-technology show less
See https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses for enrollment FAQs and contact scet-academics@berkeley.edu for additional questions.
This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship (https://scet.berkeley.edu/certificate-in-entrepreneurship-and-technology show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None