Learning Path

Digital Business Foundations

A grounding in modern business practice for new founders and early operators — from strategy, through marketing and product, to the technology decisions that follow.

4 Courses ~11 hrs Total Duration Beginner → Intermediate Level 4 Contributing Instructors
Programme Overview

Built as a sequence, not a shelf.

Each course in this path assumes the last. You will move from thinking clearly about strategy, into getting a product or service in front of the right customers, into designing something people can actually use, and finally into the technology decisions that come with running a growing business — the same order a capable early operator tends to encounter these problems in practice.

Skills Developed

What this path builds.

Diagnose the real strategic problem behind a business challenge before jumping to solutions.

Apply a simple framework for prioritising where limited time and money should go.

Read a market and competitive landscape without needing an MBA vocabulary.

Build a one-page strategic plan you can actually execute with a small team.

Recognise the difference between a strategy and a longer to-do list.

Communicate strategic decisions clearly enough that a team can act on them unsupervised.

The Sequence

4 courses, in order.

The progression is the point — each step below is a prerequisite for the next.

01

Strategic Thinking for Small Business

BUS · 118 — Dr. Eleanor Finch — 5h 20m — Beginner

A practical course in strategic reasoning for people who run something small — built around one question: where should limited time and money actually go?

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02

Practical Marketing Foundations

MKT · 110 — Thomas Reyes — 1h 45m — Beginner

The fundamentals of getting a product in front of the right people — without a marketing department or a big budget.

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03

Designing Clear Digital Products

DSN · 130 — Priya Menon — 2h 10m — Intermediate

A practical course in interface and product design for people who need to design without a design team.

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04

Technology for Business Leaders

TEC · 105 — Marcus Webb — 1h 45m — Beginner

A plain-language course in making technology decisions — for leaders who don't need to code, but do need to decide.

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Begin the Path

Start with Strategic Thinking for Small Business today.