Masterclass: Let’s bootstrap a startup from 0-1 (Nadia Odunayo)

​Nadia Odunayo took her reading side project and turned it into The StoryGraph, a thriving, growing startup with almost 3M registered users. But perhaps more impressive is the fact that she did it fully bootstrapped, using her personal savings to fund her runway, and built it to be a profitable company. She’s learned a ton along the way about how to build fast, lean, and with a practical perspective on money. And now, she wants to break down that process with you.

​Join us for a journey of bootstrapping a startup idea. We’ll start with a basic app idea and we’ll go through the multi-step process that teaches you how to research and validate that idea, talk to users and gather real data, and synthesize and turn that information into features so you know exactly what to build.

​In this workshop, we’ll cover:

• ​Ideation

• ​Research

• ​Rubric for evaluating startup ideas

• ​How to find users to talk to

• ​How to conduct a helpful user interview

• ​A script you can use when talking to users

• ​Synthesis of user interviews

• ​Turning your synthesis into features

• ​The costs that come into play when bootstrapping

• ​How to allocate your time, especially as a side project

• ​and more

​Nadia Odunayo is the founder of The StoryGraph, a book tracking app that reaches millions of people per month. She’s also a developer, speaker and avid reader herself.

​This Masterclass is produced by DiscoLink and is free for members of DiscoLink Club. Apply here to join.