94-850 The Science of Growth

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

In the Science of Growth course, we spend a mini focused on how a company or a product scales and to identify and reinforce sustainable growth practices. We look at twenty companies in pairs that have achieved productmarket fit at about the same point in history with the same general target customer. Some have gone on to achieve real scale while others languished. For the startups that achieve scale, they generate wealth for founders and early investors. More importantly, many changed the world. Steve Jobs spoke of the ability to dent the universe by creating something truly revolutionary used by millions of people. In this course, well codify a set of best practices and vocabulary to increase the probability of having that kind of impact.

Prerequisites: none listed

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