Start Your Startup

​Most founders build on gut instinct. The ones who survive build on data.

​In this session, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and UpStart Collective co-founder Josh Carter breaks down how to treat your startup like a scientific experiment — form hypotheses, run tests, let the numbers tell you what to build next.

​What to expect:

​📊 How to pressure-test your idea before you spend a dime

​🔁 The feedback loop that gets you to product-market fit faster

​📈 The metrics that actually matter early on (and the ones wasting your time)

​🛠️ Practical tools for tracking progress and making smarter bets

​No fluff. No theory. Just a repeatable framework for turning an idea into a real business.

​Who should come: Aspiring founders, early-stage entrepreneurs, and anyone who's had a business idea and didn't know where to start.

​👉 Come ready to work.