The Offer
The Breakaway
The Breakaway is named for the force required to overcome static friction, and for the rider who escapes the pack. One method, the Disciplined Entrepreneurship 24 Steps backbone, adapted into three formats. I design and deliver all of them myself.
1 to 3 weeks
Student Cohort Intensive
High school or university students
Ideation → customer discovery → build → Demo Day with a parent/stakeholder showcase. This is the CRI style flagship.
- Students leave having interviewed real customers, built a real pitch, and presented to a real audience.
- In many cases, they leave with more than a pitch: the beginnings of a real company.
1 to 3 weeks
University & Exec Ed Module
MBA, undergraduate, and executive audiences
A semester of venture creation, compressed. Designed together with the host program's learning objectives.
- A proven course design, Disciplined Entrepreneurship adapted, delivered on your calendar.
Scoped per engagement
Custom
Keynotes, corporate innovation sprints, government programs
Ask.
Every engagement includes
- •A tailored syllabus and day by day plan
- •All teaching materials
- •Planning calls with the host before the program starts
- •Onsite delivery by Dip for the full run
- •Demo Day design and judging
- •A debrief after the program
Method
Breaking Static Friction
The engineering metaphor is the method.
01 · Days 1 to 2
Believe
Confidence before content. Proof that people like them have done this; every student gets a small public win inside the first 48 hours.
02 · The middle
Move
Break static friction with real motion: customer interviews, prototypes, pitches. Daily cadence: teach → do → present.
03 · Final stretch → Demo Day
Momentum
Kinetic friction is lower than static; stack public reps until stopping feels harder than continuing.
Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework by Bill Aulet (MIT).
What I actually teach
Storytelling
Every student pitches publicly, repeatedly, culminating at Demo Day
Fundraising
How investors actually think; students build and defend a real ask
Team building
Cohorts form, storm, and ship as real teams
Company ops
The unglamorous machinery that keeps an idea alive after contact with reality
Hardware
Physical product tracks welcome; atoms, not just bits
Handling chaos
Plans break during the program (sometimes on purpose); students learn to run at it
In action
What people say
“Genuinely the best lecturer I have ever had.”
“Dip is the best professor I have encountered. He enlightened us not only in an intellectual way but also in a morally supportive way.”
“Amazing lecturer. Great energy — he knows how to inspire a class and get people excited about entrepreneurship!”
“His fundraising lecture and the lessons he shared from his own experience were insightful and inspiring.”
“I have trouble paying attention for longer than 30 minutes in lectures, yet I just paid full attention to you for 3 hours.”
“You were incredibly honest about your personal journey, and I really appreciated how openly you shared both your successes and challenges.”
“The class with you brought out so much confidence in me to reach out to new people and make new connections.”
“Dipul's teaching made complex concepts easy to understand through engaging real world stories and examples. His thoughtful feedback helped me recognize presentation habits I had never noticed before and gave me a new perspective on entrepreneurship.”
“As a high school student, I found the lessons remarkably easy to follow. Learning directly from the professor's real world experiences made every lecture truly engaging and insightful!”
How it works
- 1
Inquire
The form below; response within 2 business days.
- 2
Design
Two calls to tailor syllabus, audience, dates, and outcomes.
- 3
Deliver
Dip onsite for the full 1 to 3 weeks, through Demo Day.
FAQ
Cohort size?
5 to 80 students; larger by design.
Audiences?
High school through executive.
Language?
English delivery; paced to be interpretation friendly; materials can be localized.
Where?
Worldwide. Seoul (2026, and already invited back), Mexico City (ITAM, 2018), Bangkok, Portugal, and every term at MIT in between.
Cost?
Custom quote per engagement (program fee + travel). Inquiry gets a range quickly.
Can the program carry our institution's brand?
Yes. Programs are branded jointly with the host.
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