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Venture University · Class 02

How to Evaluate a Startup

Team, market, traction and the questions top investors actually ask.

With J. Skyler Fernandes

Planned January 2027 Full session: 2–3 hours

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Venture University with J. Skyler Fernandes

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Planned curriculum

Lesson plan

  1. 01

    Assessing founders and team-market fit

  2. 02

    Sizing markets and understanding competition

  3. 03

    Reading traction, business models and unit economics

  4. 04

    Exercise: build a startup evaluation scorecard

Learn with Sky

Sky founded Venture University and VU Venture Partners. He loves teaching and investing, bringing a working investor’s perspective to founders, angels and venture professionals.

Educational content only. Not financial, investment, legal or tax advice.