# Startup School

> Public startup classes.

Source: https://www.miracleplus.com/startup_school/
Markdown: https://www.miracleplus.com/startup_school.md

MiraclePlus Startup School Phase 2 is officially launched, shifting our focus from "how to start" to "how to execute". The curriculum focuses on the most critical challenges in early-stage entrepreneurship: product refinement, user growth, financing rhythm, and risk compliance.

MiraclePlus Startup School Phase 2 is officially launched, shifting our focus from "how to start" to "how to execute". The curriculum focuses on the most critical challenges in early-stage entrepreneurship: product refinement, user growth, financing rhythm, and risk compliance. The content is more hands-on and focused, with instructors from MiraclePlus-backed entrepreneurs with rich practical experience and the core mentor team.

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### Who Is This Course For?

#### Currently Entrepreneuring

People who want to solve problems quickly

#### Have Ideas

People who are ready to start entrepreneuring

#### Seeking Direction

Students, researchers, professionals, etc., who are looking for entrepreneurial direction

### Phase 2 Highlights

After the launch of MiraclePlus Startup School Phase 1, it attracted over 20,000 entrepreneurs to participate, with many startup teams taking their first practical steps. Currently, the curriculum and supporting offline activities cover over 70 universities nationwide, with credit courses already implemented at Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, and Jiao Tong Universities. Zhejiang University and Hong Kong University will officially start courses in the second half of this year.

#### Professional Mentor Team

Four MiraclePlus alumni entrepreneurs who have completed financing rounds of tens of millions to billions will join hands with MiraclePlus's investment and operations lead and legal director to co-teach.

#### Systematic Curriculum

Systematically break down real challenges in the entrepreneurial journey, providing practical methodologies to help you move from understanding to practice.

#### Practical Implementation

Support product refinement, team building, and development path implementation to make the entrepreneurial journey clearer and more feasible.

Flexible Schedule

Video Replay

Certificate

### Course Description

**An introductory entrepreneurship course suitable for young people at all stages.**

The Miracle Startup School is a carefully crafted free online course designed for young people interested in entrepreneurship.

Through 6 lessons, they help you learn about entrepreneurship from 0 to 1 and inspire your enthusiasm and potential

By communicating and learning, it helps you explore the possibilities of entrepreneurship in life.

**Guiding you to embark on an entrepreneurial journey from zero to one.**

**Combining Theory with Practice**
With practical guidance and coaching, helping you find your own pace to start a business.

**Experienced Instructors**
The instructor team has reviewed nearly 50,000 startup projects, interviewed over 5,000 entrepreneurs, and personally guided 424 startup teams.

**A Library of Typical Real-world Cases**
This course Integration of vivid cases from early-stage startups coached by Miracle Forum over 5 years and Y Combinator over 19 years.

**Accessible and Practical Course Content**

How to Find Good Startup Ideas?
How to Develop a Product and Iterate Incrementally?
How to Secure Your First Round of Funding?
How to Identify the Market and Achieve Growth and Commercialization?
How to Find a Reliable Founding Team?
How to Build a Strong Company Culture?
……

**A Learning Experience Combining Courses, Mentoring, and Community**

**Project Value**
Systematic education courses focused on key issues in early-stage entrepreneurship, imparting knowledge and methods to establish a startup company.

**Personalized Entrepreneurship Guidance**
Opportunities for interaction and guidance from founders who have been invested in by Miracle, addressing personalized entrepreneurial challenges.

**A Robust Entrepreneurial Community**
Learn, inspire, and advance together with like-minded young entrepreneurs.

### Mentor Lineup

### Qi Lu

Founder and CEO of Miracle Forum
Former President and COO of Baidu
Former Executive Vice President of Microsoft Worldwide
Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University

### Yunming Luan

Founding Partner and COO of Miracle Forum
Former executive at Lenovo and Meituan
Managed businesses worth billions of RMB
International MBA from Peking University

### Xuwen Cao

Partner at Miracle Forum
Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University
Co-founder of Echo (acquired by Microsoft)
Serial entrepreneur - accepted into YC twice

### Shengbo Mao

Partner at Miracle Forum
14 years of venture capital experience
Former founding partner of Panda Capital
Involved in investments in Mobike,
Insta360, Roborock Technologies, and Megvii Technology

### Kehan Dong

Head of Investment and Operations at Miracle
Founder of Inner Journey
Founder of NGO Code of Love
Forbes 30 Under 30

### What You Will Gain

Through this course, you will be able to answer the following key questions:

How to establish directional indicators for product iteration?

How to design value flow paths that truly capture customer attention?

How to apply AI tools to assist work in entrepreneurship?

How to choose sales channels and scale operations after PMF?

How to complete the critical transition from first to second round financing?

How to address legal pitfalls at various stages of entrepreneurship?

### Course Topics | Five Core Practices

#### PMF: Finding Product-Market Fit Through Product Iteration

陈龙

#### (MiraclePlus Alumni Founder)

#### Course Essentials

Through MVP validation, data-driven iteration, and precise metric setting, identify false demands and find the product value points that users are truly willing to pay for.

#### System Design for Early-Stage Product Growth

#### Course Essentials

Starting from zero, design a natural product growth system. Through reach, activation, retention, and referral, build growth paths that keep users engaged and willing to share, achieving growth without relying on advertising.

#### AI-Era Entrepreneurship Tool Applications

蒋耀锴

#### (MiraclePlus Alumni Founder)

#### Course Essentials

Utilize AI tools to assist market research, content generation, and data analysis, achieving the efficiency leap from '5-person team → one-person company', validating entrepreneurial hypotheses at the lowest cost.

#### Sustainable Financing and Capital Strategy

马驰

#### (MiraclePlus Alumni Founder)

#### Course Essentials

Starting from the first round of financing, systematically plan financing paths within 12 months, build investor pools, tell financing stories clearly, master sustainable financing methodologies, and complete critical transitions.

#### Early-Stage Risk Management and Legal Compliance

郭锐

#### (MiraclePlus Legal Director)

#### Course Essentials

Through real cases, educate about common legal pitfalls in entrepreneurship, such as equity disputes, non-compete agreements, unclear contracts, etc., establish compliance awareness, and ensure companies build solid operational foundations from the early stage.

### First Batch Premium Course Content

#### Onto the Startup Journey

陆奇

Dr. Qi LU, partner at MiraclePlus, analyzes the 3 major reasons why young people should consider entrepreneurship, explains methodologies and vivid cases for finding entrepreneurial opportunities and ideas, providing reference and inspiration for young people to choose and start entrepreneurship.

#### Building the Founding Team

Addressing important questions about how to find partners and equity allocation in early-stage entrepreneurship, this discussion answers everyone's confusion about building teams in the early stages of entrepreneurship.

#### User Studies

曹勖文

Xuwen CAO, partner at MiraclePlus, explains why user research is important for entrepreneurship, how to conduct early user research to find real user needs, and how to build products after research.

#### Kick Off GTM

栾运明

Yunming LUAN, partner at MiraclePlus, discusses the beginning of commercialization, including the essence of commercialization, how to find the first batch of customers, how to price your product, and how to take action to sell your product.

#### Fundraising 101

毛圣博

Shengbo MAO, partner at MiraclePlus, takes you through the first round of financing process, including preparing for financing, judging what state you can achieve financing in, which type of investors to look for, how to prepare and convince investors, and how to spend the raised money well.

#### Company Design & Operations

陆奇

This lesson focuses on good direction, good team, good products, good execution, and other aspects, describing the entire process of building a great entrepreneurial company.

### Course Format and Activities

**Free Online Courses**

**Rich Materials**
Weekly release of relevant resources within the course group

**Real-time Updates**
Timely synchronization with offline course content as it is taught

**Entirely Free**
All courses can be obtained free of charge online

**Practical Experience**
Guidance based on real-world experience from alumni of the Miracle Startup Camp

**University Offline Courses**

We will start offline courses at schools such as Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, Jiaotong, and Hong Kong University, welcoming students from these universities to sign up for the offline courses. The Miracle Startup School is an introduction to entrepreneurship.

We hope this course can inspire students with a passion for innovation and aspirations for entrepreneurship, providing them with practical references.

We plan to conduct offline lectures at more universities. If you cannot attend the offline courses at Tsinghua and Peking Universities, we also offer completely free online learning opportunities.

**National Roadshow**

Join the specially customized meet-and-greet session of the Miracle Startup School and take the first step towards entrepreneurship!

**Seminar Highlights**
Sharing of real-world cases and practical experiences from frontier technology startups
High Interaction Exchange Unlocks critical entrepreneurial skills through Q&A
Engaging Teaching Experiences Inspire creativity and avoid boredom

**Contact for Collaboration Support**
kehan@miracleplus.com

**Diverse Activities**

**Miracle Alumni Entrepreneurship Experience Sharing Session**
An accompanying activity of the Miracle Startup School, each session corresponds to a topic of the public course, dedicated to helping early-stage entrepreneurs solve their confusion and organize their thoughts.

**Office Hour**
In addition to offline classes, we offer Office Hours for every student attending the Miracle offline public course. You will have the opportunity for one-on-one online exchanges with Miracle alumni, receiving personalized entrepreneurial advice and practical guidance.
