From Employee to Founder · Self-pacedStop executing someone else's strategy. Start building your own.
From Employee to Founder is a self-paced course by Vin Vashishta, with 7 modules and more than 40 lessons, on pricing, first customers, hiring, and competition for technical professionals starting a business.
The biggest shift from employee to founder happens in how you think about time, pricing, risk, and customers. This course builds that mindset with pragmatic business for technical founders, drawn from real mistakes and real fixes, for people starting a six-figure business and growing it to seven figures.
What changes in how you think.
The course moves you from thinking like an employee to thinking like a CEO. These are the habits you leave with.
Learn the business you never had to run.
Business and operating models, pricing, sales funnels, brand, and needs validation, taught pragmatically.
Learn to scale without breaking.
Diversified revenue, getting paid on time, pivots, dropping the wrong customers, and a structured hiring process.
7 modules, 40+ lessons.
From building the foundation and making the leap through early-stage business problems, the founder's mindset, hiring, and competition.
Module 01Introduction4 lessons
- Why Take This Class?
- Course Outline
- Business Categories Covered In This Class
- Realism and Pragmatism
Module 02Building The Foundation10 lessons
- Why Use Strategy?
- The Business Model
- The Operating Model
- Choosing Products And Services To Offer
- Basic Pricing Strategy
- Different Pricing Models Explained
- Building A Sales Funnel
- Brand And Social Media
- Meetings And Needs Validation
- Strategy Planning Exercise
Module 03Making The Transition From Employee To Entrepreneur6 lessons
- Exit Planning
- Transition Roadmap and Timeline
- Identifying Business Needs
- Micro Engagements
- Building A Community Around A Product
- Think Differently About Your Time
Module 04Early Stage Business Problems8 lessons
- Getting Customer 1 and 2 For Products and Services Businesses
- Getting Customer 1 and 2 For Educators and Content Creators
- Diversifying Revenue Streams
- Early Scale and Growth
- Getting Paid On Time
- Pivots To New Customer Needs
- Raising Prices and Offering Discounts
- Dropping Customers and Denying Service
Module 05Adopting A Founder's Mindset6 lessons
- Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
- Building Confidence In Your Pricing
- Transitioning From Tactical To Strategic
- The CEO Mindset
- Leadership Basics
- Dealing With Perpetual Uncertainty
Module 06Hiring7 lessons
- When Should You Hire
- Building A Hiring Plan
- Job Descriptions
- Contractor vs Employee
- Creating A Structured Hiring Process
- Attracting Talent
- Managing Performance And Setting Expectations
Module 07Competition5 lessons
- Identifying Competitors
- Competing On Strengths
- Turning Competitors Into Partners
- Creating New Competitive Advantages
- Customer Retention Strategies
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Built from real mistakes. Refined with real founders.
Vin built V-Squared from zero to clients including Airbus and Siemens in its first year, and has advised founders and senior executives since. More than 9,000 professionals in 47 countries have taken his courses.
Create your own opportunities. Define your impact.
Start immediately and keep access for a year.