MBA core · 60 electives · Executive & founder paths

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A full 12-month program, not just a reading list. Core MBA, specialization pathways, CEO/CFO/CTO routes, and a founder handbook with a built-in venture workbook.

Free, self-paced, and open. Roughly 10–12 hours a week.

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Core courses

Electives

Role programs

Pathways

How the program is built

More than a list of business courses

The core curriculum is the spine. Layer on electives, executive paths, or the founder handbook to specialize.

Core curriculum

6 phases

18 required MBA courses

Four phases from foundations through leadership, plus capstone. Units, lessons, assessments, and portfolio projects, sequenced across a 12-month plan.

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Electives

10 pathways

60 applied courses

10 concentration pathways: founder, AI, finance, product, marketing, and more. Pick four electives with two in one track.

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Startup Handbook

11 lessons

Founder track + venture workbook

11 deep-dive lessons on incorporation, cap tables, SAFEs, fundraising, and GTM, with structured fields that build one venture artifact as you go.

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Role programs

3 programs

CEO, CFO, and CTO paths

Same open curriculum, sequenced for the executive job you are growing into. Core courses, electives, and capstone focus, not a separate degree.

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12-month study plan

Program phases

Four core phases, then electives and capstone. Mastery through projects, not checkboxes.

Phase 01

Weeks 1-4

Foundation

Business foundations, data literacy, and managerial decision habits

Phase 02

Weeks 5-16

Analytical Core

Accounting, finance, economics, marketing analytics, and operations

Phase 03

Weeks 17-24

Management Core

Marketing, operations, supply chains, strategy, and macroeconomics

Phase 04

Weeks 25-40

Leadership Core

Leadership, communication, negotiation, law, ethics, technology, AI, and entrepreneurship

Phase 05

After core

Electives

Learner-selected concentration: entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, product and AI, strategy, leadership, operations, real estate, global policy, or healthcare

Phase 06

Weeks 47-52

Capstone

Integrated operating plan, financial model, and executive presentation

Choose your pathway

Founder, AI, finance, product, marketing, leadership. Complete four electives, two in one concentration.

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Finance and Investing
Marketing and Growth
Product, Technology and AI
Strategy and Consulting
Leadership and Organizations

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Startup Handbook

Goes deeper than a typical entrepreneurship elective: incorporation, equity, cap tables, SAFE notes, fundraising, hiring, and GTM, with a venture workbook you fill in as you learn.

11 lessons · companion to Month 10 · structured fields saved in your browser

Build one venture artifact across the handbook: customer interviews, cap table draft, pitch outline, fundraising plan, and GTM experiment.

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Role programs

CEO, CFO, and CTO paths sequence the same MBA core and electives for a specific executive job, not a separate degree.

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