The SVBS Course Library
Self-Paced Courses for Entrepreneurs & Tech Professionals
Business, finance and law, written for the tech sector and useful in any sector. Study at your own pace with Prof, your AI course tutor, and earn a certificate of completion with every course you finish.
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One enrollment opens every course
To take the courses, Business School Enrollment is all you need. If you're building a startup, you can add guidance for it later — or never. That part is entirely up to you.
Business School Enrollment
$50 / month · per personEvery course in the library, the SVBS Knowledgebase, and Prof — your AI course tutor — on hand to explain, quiz and reinforce as you study. It also carries the SVBS Certified Tech Entrepreneur certificate program.
- The full course library
- The Knowledgebase
- Prof, your AI tutor
- Certificates of completion
Optional — for founders
Optional add-on
Milestone Progress Enrollment
$100 / month · per startupSherpa, your AI startup guide, helps you target your destination, plot your milestones and track your Momentum Score — turning what you learn in the courses into your own route, from seed all the way to exit.
Requires: Business School Enrollment.
Optional add-on
Startup Funding Program Enrollment
$100 / month · per startupSandy, your AI Startup Funding Guide, critiques your investor materials against published marking guides and runs your mock investor pitch. Meet the published standard and your startup graduates as an SVBS Graduated Startup — run by an SVBS Certified Tech Entrepreneur.
About the program →Requires: Business School Enrollment, plus Milestone Progress Enrollment for that startup.
What it adds up to: courses only, $50/month. With Milestone Progress, $150/month for one startup. With the Startup Funding Program as well, $250/month for one startup ($50 + $100 + $100). No equity, ever — keep your company.
SVBS is an educational program. It prepares founders and provides a shared framework for showing progress. It does not broker securities, give investment advice, endorse any startup, or promise any outcome.
The Startup Path
Building, funding & exiting a startup
The arc of a startup — from how it's formed and what it's worth, to raising capital and, eventually, the exit.
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Entrepreneurship
The startup journey end to end: idea, team, funding, momentum and exit.
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Business Organizations
How companies are structured: entities, ownership, officers, boards and control.
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Valuation
How businesses are valued, and what drives a startup's worth at each stage.
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Raising Finance for Startups
Funding rounds, investors, and what it really takes to raise capital.
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IPO & Securities Regulation
Taking a company public, and the securities rules that govern the process.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Buying, selling and combining companies — including the startup exit.
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Core Skills
Business, finance & legal foundations
The disciplines every business runs on — equally useful for advancing a career, managing in an established company, and steering a startup.
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Finance & Accounting
Read the numbers with confidence and make sound, data-driven decisions.
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Marketing
Positioning, demand generation, and reaching the right market.
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Sales & Business Development
Winning customers, building pipeline and closing deals.
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Contracts
The agreements that run a business, and how to read and negotiate them.
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Patents & Intellectual Property
Protecting inventions, brands and ideas as real business assets.
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Patent Strategies
Using patents strategically to build and defend a competitive edge.
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Trusts
How trusts work, and where they fit in planning and asset protection.
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Bankruptcy & Cash Crisis Management
Navigating cash crunches, restructuring and worst-case scenarios.
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Ready When You Are
One enrollment. The whole library.
Business School Enrollment opens every course, the SVBS Knowledgebase, and Prof, your AI course tutor — $50 a month, with a certificate of completion for each course you finish. The founder add-ons are there whenever you want them.
Subscribe Now →No application · No equity · Study at your own pace