This course teaches you how to evaluate entrepreneurial ideas by assessing market demand, competition, and product feasibility. Learn to identify risks, refine your business opportunity, and make informed decisions to maximize your chances of success. Develop the skills to strategically grow and position your venture for long-term impact.

Find your voice and learn how to tell your story in a clear and compelling way. This self-paced course will give you the framework you need to deliver your ideas in a clear and engaging way, whether you’re interviewing for a job, pitching your venture to investors, or presenting strategic initiatives within an existing business.

Discover how you can help to make the world a better place to live through purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, you will learn how to identify problems and craft sustainable solutions, creating a positive impact for your customers and community. Explore what it means to become an entrepreneurial leader, an innovator equipped with the mindset and skill set to manage risk, navigate uncertainty, and create a meaningful impact.

In this self-directed course, you will learn how to turn your big idea into a tangible solution with the power of rapid, effective prototyping. Gain the skills you need to test simple versions of ideas and solutions, reduce risk, use resources wisely, and increase your chances of success. Throughout, you will implement Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (ET&A™), Babson’s proven methodology for developing the skills and mindset needed to not just launch a new business, but also make change in an established company, lead a team, and create real impact.

Lead through uncertainty, conflict, and change and with resilience. Through this business leadership course, you will gain the skills to lead with clarity and composure even when your career or current events take unpredictable turns, even when your personal and work lives collide in new ways, and even when the future is unknown. Crystalize your definition of resilience, integrate it into your entrepreneurial leadership style, and transform your team’s culture into one of agility so it can not only survive upheaval of all kinds but thrive.

Gain the financial skills you need to set your business on a path for lasting financial success. Learn from educators with decades of real-world experience as you gain a practical understanding of business model basics, venture economics and accounting, and capital.

This course teaches executives how to build systems that foster strategic innovation despite uncertainty. You will explore key principles for cultivating breakthrough opportunities, overcoming challenges, and developing the organizational capabilities needed to sustain innovation and secure your company’s future in a rapidly changing business environment.

Develop the data-driven retail strategy you need not only to survive, but thrive, in a global retail marketplace. During this intensive certificate program, you will gain a toolkit for analyzing performance, responding to shifting consumer behavior, and leading a high-performing retail business with clarity and confidence. From merchandise planning to market research and integrated business strategy, every topic is built to help you improve profitability, productivity, and long-term impact.

In a world defined by rapid change and complex problems, you need a robust, entrepreneurial mindset. In this certificate program, you not only explore the problem-solving process, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but you also learn how to create meaningful impact across contexts and industries using key design-thinking principles.

This self-paced course teaches you how to read and interpret key financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. Learn to use financial metrics such as Customer Lifetime Value, Customer Acquisition Cost, and financial ratios to assess business health, evaluate profitability, and make informed decisions for long-term success in venture finance.

Learn to secure the right funding and pitch your business with confidence. This certificate covers capital options, business valuation, and crafting compelling pitches—equipping you with the tools to evaluate funding opportunities, create data-driven strategies, and effectively communicate your venture’s potential to investors and stakeholders.

Build a strong foundation for business growth. This certificate teaches you how to design effective business models, interpret financial data for smarter decision-making, and foster a culture of innovation—equipping you with the practical tools to launch, scale, and sustain successful ventures.

Dive into the capital funding options available to you as a growth-seeking startup. In this self-directed course, you will break down each funding option by the numbers, demonstrating their potential impact on your business. Plus, you will learn how to take an investor’s point of view, specifically exploring how they might value your company and perceive your risk.