HTE413BKK
Venture Leadership and Global Growth Strategy
Faculty
Kenneth Cheung
Venture Growth Partner at One Tree Hill
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Overview
This course is designed to provide a broad foundation for those aspiring to senior management and operational roles (such as General Manager or COO), where both breadth and depth are essential.
It equips participants with a balanced combination of quantitative business acumen and qualitative ethical leadership skills required for high-stakes decision-making. Structured across 12 sessions, the course begins with Strategic Messaging Under Pressure, establishing core principles of communication, presence, and ethical debate.
It then progresses to Strategic Operations Management, tracing the evolution of the field from the Industrial Revolution to the modern digital supply chain. Students are challenged with dilemmas related to speed, representation, and crisis response. Subsequent sessions address Market Strategy and High-Stakes Decision-Making, integrating performance metrics with corporate moral and social considerations.
The final modules focus on The Economics of Survival and Operational Finance, grounding participants in venture capital logic, burn rates, cash flow, and unit economics before engaging them in governance simulations. A central strength of the course lies in its use of realistic, time-boxed debates and applied activities that bridge theory with real-world executive pressure, fostering resilient and ethically grounded leaders.
Learning highlights
- Integrate Quantitative Acumen with Ethical Leadership: Participants will master the essential blend of business metrics (VC logic, burn rates, KPIs, valuation) and qualitative ethical leadership to make resilient decisions in high-stakes environments.
- Develop Executive Competency in Strategy, Operations, and Finance: Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of Strategic Operations Management, Market Strategy, and Operational Finance, tracing their evolution and applying key models for effective organisational execution.
- Navigate High-Stakes Crisis and Governance: Participants will develop judgement and resilience by confronting realistic, time-boxed simulations and debates on issues like corporate crisis, hostile takeovers, ethical compromise, and resource allocation.
Course outline
15 classes
Strategic Messaging Under Pressure
Establishes the core principles of executive presence, ethos, and strategic messaging , immediately applying them to high-pressure ethical debates and survival scenarios.
Strategic Operations Management: Evolution, Decisions, and Dilemmas
Trace the evolution of operations from the Industrial Revolution to the digital age, balancing ten critical management strategies with interactive debates on psychology and crisis.
From Vision to Valuation: Market Strategy & High-Stakes Decision Making
Master the balance between quantitative market strategy and the qualitative pressures of executive decision-making.
Beyond the Numbers: Balancing KPIs with Values & Strategy
This session grounds participants in essential business metrics—from CAC to LTV—before challenging them with high-stakes debates on ethical growth, toxic clients, and value-based negotiations.
The Economics of Survival: Business Metrics, VC Logic & High-Stakes Governance
This session grounds participants in the math of startup survival—from burn rates to VC returns—before testing their judgement in high-stakes simulations.
Operational Finance: Cashflow, Crisis, and Conscience
This session integrates the technical mechanics of operating finance and unit economics with the ethical complexities of leading through high-pressure crisis simulations.
Market Mechanics & Moral Dilemmas: Scaling vs. Selling Out
This session bridges the gap between hard growth metrics—such as cohort analysis and valuation—and the existential decisions leaders face regarding privacy, recalls, and exit strategies.
Product, Finance & Venture Dilemmas: Building, Buying, and Exiting
This session explores core product and venture finance topics, including the build/borrow/buy framework and customer basics, balanced with high-stakes debates on acqui-hires, equity, and investment strategy.
Product Strategy & Platform Design: Metrics
This session teaches product fundamentals like Agile, MVP, and A/B testing, and then challenges participants with high-stakes debates on monetisation, platform dependency, and the ethical design of AI systems.
Workshop
Workshop
Talent Strategy & HR Governance: Assessment, Leadership, and Ethical Dilemmas
This session explores the talent lifecycle, covering advanced assessment, leadership models, and high-stakes HR and ethical governance challenges related to hiring, compensation, and layoffs.
Slicing the Pie & Scaling the Team: Equity, Incentives, and Crisis Management
Deep dive into the human side of scaling, examining how to structure fair equity splits and performance KPIs while navigating pivots and internal power struggles.
Organisational Dynamics, Leadership, and Ethical Governance
This session delves into organisational structures, leadership theories, and people analytics, challenging participants with debates on personal sacrifice, meritocracy, and cultural integration.
Advanced Marketing & Channel Strategy; Ethics and Governance
This session covers advanced marketing strategy, media planning, and key metrics, we then move to challenging participants with debates on channel conflict, competitor ethics, and succession governance.
Demo Day
Demo Day
Course materials
Books
Prerequisites
Curiosity & Critical Thinking: Desire to analyse difficult scenarios and evaluate solutions in high-pressure activities.
Willingness to Participate: Readiness to communicate clearly, listen actively, and articulate your perspective in debates.
Interest in Business Basics: Foundational interest in how companies operate (products, finance, decision-making).
Openness to Ethical Dilemmas: Courage to confront and engage in challenging moral and professional debates.
Methodology
The course employs a dynamic, experiential learning format where short instructional breakdowns are immediately applied through intense, time-boxed Debates, realistic Activities and Simulations, and culminates with a dedicated two-part Workshop and Demo Day.
Grading
Kenneth Cheung is a distinguished entrepreneur, strategic leader, and speaker with an impressive portfolio of achievements in the business world. His career is defined by building high-impact ventures and executing four successful M&A exits, demonstrating his ability to innovate, scale, and create value.
His journey includes the sale of Darwin, a digital agency where he served as COO prior to its acquisition by iProspect. He also played a key role in the acquisition of Curiosity China by Farfetch, where he was responsible for establishing its Shanghai operations. As COO of PARKLU, a leading KOL platform, he strengthened both intra- and inter-team operations, helped grow the organisation from 14 to 44 employees, and managed the complexities of its acquisition by Launchmetrics.
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Venture Leadership and Global Growth Strategy
by Kenneth Cheung
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jun 08 - Jun 26, 2026
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.