One of our best businesses was built by the founder who emailed us this on day one. Your background has very little impact on your potential as an entrepreneur. You bring the vision, we’ll teach you how to reach it.

Tacklebox blew me out of the water. The expectations were set high which challenged me to work harder & more creatively every week.

Tacklebox helped me put a structure around clarifying the madness of my initial idea. The course pushes you really hard, but at the end of the 7 weeks, I was super proud of the progress that I made.

Course contents

Overview

What you'll learn

Customer Development and Interview Technique

Learn how to run customer interviews effectively and leverage their value to build your business.

Customer Definition and Focus

Find a customer that'll catalyze your growth and anchor your strategic decisions.

Growth Marketing Fundamentals

Build landing pages and channel tests to acquire customers and validate demand.

Pre-Product Testing and Validation

Build a "Skateboard Product" to test your core functionality and brand (no coding needed).

Early Product and Business First Principles

Build a plan for a business that aligns with the life you want to live.

Launch Strategy

All of the tools, techniques and advice to get you ready to produce the product and launch something people really care about.

YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Brian Scordato

Founder

Brian is a 3x founder who’s been working exclusively with “preposterously” early startups since founding Tacklebox in 2015. He's worked in Johnston and Johnston's Venture Capital Team and consulted on innovation and business strategy for companies like GE, Staples, and Indeed. Brian also writes for Fast Company, has taught at General Assembly and guest lectured at Columbia Business School.

Industry Specializations: Retail/DTC, SaaS, Dating Apps, Sports Tech

Key Skills: Bootstrapped Growth Strategy, Marketing Copy, Customer Segmentation

Tamara Jones

COO

Tamara is an ex-Investment Banker who's spent the last 5 years in fitness and wellness tech. She's both worked in and consulted for several NYC boutique fitness brands, evaluating operations and leading growth strategies. Tamara's expertise lies in operations and execution - Brian will push the theory, Tamara will push the logistics.

Industry Specializations: Fitness/Wellness, Edu Tech

Key Skills: Marketing Strategy, Acquisition Channels, Lean MVP Execution and Internal Operations + Systems.

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“I know my customer and their problem inside and out. But I have no clue how to build a startup.”

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