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Launch a Small Online Business

Take one business idea from test to first paying customers, with a personal mentor checking every decision.

6modules
18lessons
10weeks
5one-to-one calls
90days of post-course support

Your Readiness Proof

A validated offer, a live sales page, a simple financial plan and your first customers or pre-orders — or a documented, evidence-based decision to change course.

Who this is for

  • Employees preparing a side business
  • Freelancers turning a service into a product
  • People with an idea they have never tested

Better to start elsewhere

  • Businesses in regulated sectors such as financial, medical or legal services — these need specialist advice first

What you will be able to do

  • Test demand before you build
  • Price for profit
  • Build a sales page and take payments
  • Plan your first 90 days of marketing
  • Know which registration and tax questions to ask in your country

Modules and lessons

1Idea and customer
3 lessons
  • Problem interviews
  • Market sizing
  • Competitors
2Offer and price
3 lessons
  • Value proposition
  • Pricing models
  • Unit economics
3Test
3 lessons
  • Landing-page test
  • Pre-sales
  • Reading the signal
4Set up
3 lessons
  • Legal form questions
  • Payments
  • Basic bookkeeping
5Launch
3 lessons
  • Launch plan
  • Channels
  • First customers
6The next 90 days
3 lessons
  • Metrics
  • Weekly routine
  • Grow, change or stop

Your mentor

An entrepreneur who has launched and run their own online business.

A personal mentor, 5 one-to-one calls of up to 60 minutes, written review of every deliverable, a coordinator and priority messaging with replies within four business hours.

Your result tracker

Every week your tracker shows what is done, what is next and what your mentor said. Your coordinator checks in if a checkpoint slips.

  1. Week 2 · CheckpointIdea and customer
  2. Week 3 · CheckpointOffer and price
  3. Week 5 · CheckpointTest
  4. Week 6 · CheckpointSet up
  5. Week 8 · CheckpointLaunch
  6. Week 9 · CheckpointThe next 90 days
  7. Week 10Readiness Proof submitted and reviewed
  8. After the course+90 days: post-course follow-up

After the course

90 days of post-course support with your personal mentor, including two follow-up calls and a review of your updated CV, portfolio or plan. 12 months of access and alumni clinics.

Format and time

Individual plan, video lessons, practical work, one-to-one calls and a final review with your mentor. 5–6 hours a week.

Requirements

A laptop or desktop computer, a stable internet connection and about 5–6 hours a week.

Always up to date — and adapted to you. This course is updated regularly and can be adapted to your personal needs — pace, focus, examples from your field, accessibility or extra language support. Mention it in your application.

Certificate

Certificate of Achievement, issued when your final project passes review.

This is a MAKE ME FIT certificate with a public verification link. It is not a state qualification or a professional licence.