What You'll Learn
Build a Series A fundraising deck that closes rounds
Define a go-to-market strategy for rapid market penetration
Scale your team from 5 to 50 without losing culture
Understand unit economics: CAC, LTV, payback period
Build defensible moats: network effects, switching costs, data
Design board governance and investor relations processes
Execute international expansion with localization strategies
Navigate M&A: when to acquire, when to partner, when to build
Course Description
Most startup advice is written by people who read about startups. This course is built by a three-time founder who has been through the full cycle — from $0 to acquisition — three times over, raising $240M along the way.
Marcus Thorne doesn't teach frameworks. He teaches how decisions actually get made at the board level, in the hiring room, and in the fundraising war room. You'll learn through case studies of real companies at the exact inflection points that define whether a venture succeeds or stalls.
By the end, you will have a 12-month growth plan for your own venture — complete with financial model, hiring plan, and GTM strategy reviewed by the instructor community.
Prerequisites
Curriculum Overview
32 modules · 52hThe Founder-to-CEO Mindset Shift
4 lessons · 3h 00m
Fundraising Mastery: Seed to Series B
6 lessons · 5h 30m
30 more modules — GTM Strategy, Team Scaling, International Expansion, Exit Planning...
Your Instructor
18,400 students
4 courses
Marcus Thorne
3x Founder · $240M Raised · YC S14 · Forbes 30U30
Marcus has founded and scaled three venture-backed companies, including two successful acquisitions. He was part of Y Combinator's S14 batch and has since advised over 60 startups through their Series A and B rounds. His last company Peak Commerce scaled to 180 employees and was acquired by Shopify for $85M.
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