The First Business Program of It's Kind...
Start build your first blockchain project directly with experts
Blockchain for Professionals and Entrepreneurs...
In just 2 weeks you will understand Blockchain and its main applications for business, having all the resources necessary to test and validate your first blockchain project while learning directly from experts
Learn the basics of Blockchain Technology understanding potential applications in your business
Validate your first blockchain business model or implementation with a panel of experts
Create and deploy your first Smart Contract
‘Blockchain Vault’ access our private expert community
We'll Cover:
- Understanding Blockchain Technology
- Consensus Mechanisms
- Bitcoin and Ethereum
- Smart Contracts, Tokenomics, Currencies and Exchanges. Analysis and applications.
- ICOs, IEOs and SAFT, what it means for startups and entrepreneurs.
- Stable coins and CBDCs
- Expert panel discussion on selected best business ideas from students. Validations and next steps to start your business model.
Amilcar Chavarria
Fintech School Co-Founder and CEO, Fractionally Co-Founder and CEO, Fintech entrepreneur with over a decade of investment experience gained at top banks and asset managers like Goldman Sachs and BlackRock. In the last eight years, he has led the creation of FinTech businesses in Digital Wealth Management, Crowdfunding and Education Technology. He is a program leader and instructor for Columbia Business School, MIT, Wharton, and more.
Gregory LaBlanc
has been teaching at the Haas School of Business and Berkeley Law since 2005. He teaches primarily in the areas of finance and strategy in the MBA and MFE programs and in Executive Education. He has also worked in competitive intelligence and litigation consulting and has advised consulting teams in finance, marketing, and strategy. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and psychology, in the area of business strategy and risk management.
Mateo Pedroza
Software and Industrial Engineer with experience as a consultant for leading banking industries, Currently working on Blockchain-related implementation, Defi, Tokenomics and Data at Binance and Venus Protocol.
What's Included In The Course...
MODULE 1
History, Blockchain Definition, and Visualization
In this first module, the idea is to take a journey through the history of blockchain, how and why it was created with its growth and adoption. Furthermore, Blockchain will be defined as a technology, using an interactive visual approach to explain its properties and functionalities.
- Introductory webinar reviewing all course content and Networking Session.
- Overview of the technological evolution that led to the creation of blockchain technology. How and why blockchain was created.
- Formal definition of blockchain and explanation of main properties (Hash codes, nonce, Immutable records, distributed records, block, cryptography, and asymmetric cryptography), with visualization example
- Early history and uses of the technology.
- Evaluation of consensus mechanism: Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.
- Ethereum overview and upcoming changes.
MODULE 2
Applications: Smart Contracts, Tokenization, Currencies, and Exchanges
In this module, the objective is to define what can be the most important blockchain application, Smart contracts. With this, the concept of tokenization and its various potential uses in the business will be explored, with case studies and examples.
- Smart contracts, definition, and discussion on their importance given real-life scenarios and business application use cases. Definition of tokens and tokenization, potential uses, and applications.
- ICO, IEO, and SAFT: Definition, analysis of advantages and disadvantages and what it means for startups and entrepreneurs. Using real use cases and applications
- Exchanges: Early history, centralized vs decentralized, and use cases with the most popular exchanges
- Cryptocurrencies, Stable Coins, and CBDC: Definition, importance, potential use in business with real-life examples and use cases.
MODULE 3
Validate your business idea with a panel of experts
In this module, we will select the top business ideas from the students using them as points of discussion with a panel of experts
- Open discussion with expert guest speakers about experiences and implementations using blockchain.
- Discussion about the best business ideas from students.
