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Learn How to Start Your Own Business!
Two Ways to Learn:
Enroll: Choose among six entrepreneur courses and earn a Certificate of Completion in just 20 hours from Santa Clara University.
Browse: 41 topics to find answers to your most immediate business questions.
MOBI’s 2024-2025 Course Catalog: Open for Enrollment!
Learn how to Start, Manage, and Grow your own business with the free online business courses offered by the My Own Business Institute in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.
With 6 NEW sessions of content, 2 NEW courses, and the information you need for every stage of your business all in one place, MOBI is the top choice for free online entrepreneurship education for 2024-2025. Finish a course in just 20 hours!
MOBI's 2024-2025 Courses:
MOBI's courses provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship foundation with Starting a Business, Managing a Business, and Growing a Business. Students can also choose our accelerated Quick Start Entrepreneur, our topic-focused Sales and Marketing Badge Course, and MOBI On Demand Small Business Essentials, featuring audio and video learning options. (Videos are in English with Spanish subtitles.) Visit Our Courses to learn more.
All of our curriculum comes packed with accessible, understandable and actionable information and templates, checklists, and tools to simplify the process of launching your business idea.
MOBI On Demand: Audio and Video Learning Options!
If demands on your time leave little time for education, consider MOBI On Demand to learn on the go with our audio and video curriculum!
MOBI's Small Business Essentials course is entirely available in audio and video. Small Business Essentials includes 10 topics to help you get started starting your own business.
MOBI On Demand video learning is also available for free on our website by clicking sessions with a "play" symbol (▶️), visiting our MOBI On Demand Videos page or checking out our YouTube channel. MOBI On Demand is available in English, with Spanish subtitles for the video option.
Why Is MOBI Free, and How Does it Work?
MOBI's content and curriculum are free, for everyone, forever, thanks to the generosity of our founders Phil & Peggy Holland. The mission at the My Own Business Institute (MOBI) is to start businesses that create jobs and build communities by providing education to aspiring entrepreneurs around the world. Read more about the Holland's lifelong commitment to helping others in Our Story.
Here are the steps you can take to learn with MOBI:
- Visit Our Courses to identify which course is the best fit for you and your business goals.
- Click Enroll Now to create an account in our learning management system, and choose your course.
- Begin!
In addition to the course curriculum, MOBI provides more content on our Resources & Tools page including MOBI blog posts, MOBI alumni Success Stories, and more.
You do not have to enroll to view the MOBI content! The curriculum is also available on our website to make it easy for you to find the information you need. However, in order to earn a Certificate, you do need to be enrolled in a course.
Have questions? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page or send us an email to scu-mobi@scu.edu.
