Understand your business
Connect customers, value, revenue and delivery costs in a clear business model.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTFor founders & business builders
Build a business
with more
clarity.
Business Foundations to Investment Readiness. Practical lessons to help you understand your numbers, strengthen your operations and make better-informed decisions.
Self-paced learning · Google account required · Enrolment open
6A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
BEGIN WITH UNDERSTANDING.BUILD FROM THERE. ↗
12focused
modules
modules
36practical
lessons
lessons
4progressive
learning levels
learning levels
Your pace.Your business.
Your next step.
Your next step.
Learn with purpose
There is a business
behind the busy.
Running a business means making decisions before all the answers are clear. This pathway creates room to step back, ask better questions and work through the fundamentals.
Designed for founders, SME owners and business leaders who want practical understanding they can apply. Begin with your business model. Build toward growth choices, governance and funding evidence.
↗Learn through worked examples and fictional cases. Apply the thinking privately to your own business.
A clear learning pathway
Start with foundations.
Build your perspective.
Four levels. Three modules per level. Explore the journey and choose the next question you want to understand.
Understand what your business does — and what the evidence says.
Customers and value
Explore customer needs, buying behaviour and evidence from paid trials.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTRecords and cash basics
Distinguish cash received from invoiced sales and build a reconciled starting point.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTMake the operating model more understandable and reviewable.
Pricing and unit economics
Work through contribution, break-even and the effect of a discount.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTCash-flow planning
Understand payment timing, forecast gaps and practical cash actions.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTProcesses and performance measures
Map responsibilities and measure the business problem you want to improve.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTAssess growth choices with clearer evidence and accountability.
Growth choices
Compare options, identify constraints and define a manageable pilot.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTGovernance and controls
Clarify decisions, approvals and independent checks in a growing business.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTFunding options and evidence
Connect funding needs to purpose, timing, records and evidence gaps.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTBring the learning together in an applied business case.
Test business assumptions
Explore sensitivities and scenarios while keeping the model’s limits clear.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTFunding narrative and data room
Build a traceable narrative and a controlled evidence index.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENTIntegrated readiness case
Connect business economics, cash and evidence in a sequenced 90-day plan.
3 LESSONS · PRACTICE · ASSESSMENT“Expert” describes the applied course level. This is an introductory-to-applied SME learning pathway, not a professional qualification or a funding approval process.
Designed around real life
Learn. Practise.
Check. Apply.
01
A classroom that fits your schedule.
Access lesson booklets in Google Classroom. Follow worked examples and complete your practice at your own pace, without a live attendance requirement.
02
Feedback that helps you learn.
Each module has knowledge and applied-case questions with quiz feedback. Cumulative scoring is still being verified; its planned rules require both components to pass and retain the best valid component results on retakes.
03
Progress with a clear next step.
The course assessment bank contains up to 1,200 points across 12 modules. Read ahead when useful. Cumulative progress tracking and higher-level assessment credit remain in pilot testing.
04
Share your progress on your terms.
The planned member leaderboard uses approved, consenting aliases. Your private learning record remains separate from the board and from business-readiness decisions.
An optional deeper conversation
Put the lesson
to work in your context.
A private online learning session to work through a selected module worksheet and turn your questions into a focused action summary.
Agree the session scope and appointment with your instructor before paying.
Discuss a session ↗KSh 7,500ONE SESSION · 60 MINUTES · ONLINE
- One module worksheet reviewed in advance
- Individual instruction on applying the concepts
- A brief written action summary
Payment opens Paystack. Use your Academy enrolment email. This fee covers the private session; course access follows the Academy’s separate eligibility requirements.
Six Degrees Academy
A milestone
worth recognising.
worth recognising.
Business Foundations to
Investment Readiness
12 modules · Four learning levels
ILLUSTRATIVE DESIGN · NOT AN ISSUED CERTIFICATELearning with a finish line
Completion should
mean something.
The certificate design is prepared. Issuance will depend on verified completion of every module’s knowledge and applied-case requirements at the stated course version.
A member-only certificate request service is being tested. It checks the enrolled Google account, approved certificate name and all 12 module passes. Eligible PDFs are delivered privately through Google Drive. A payment or a typed name does not establish course completion.
Certificate delivery: pilot testingAlready enrolled? Use your enrolled Google account to submit a certificate eligibility request. Processing and download checks are still in pilot testing.
Certificate request for members ↗Before you begin
A few good
questions.
Who is this pathway for?
Founders, SME owners and business leaders who want a practical foundation in business models, customers, cash, operations, governance and funding evidence. No specialist finance qualification is assumed.
When can I enrol?
Enrolment is open for the first pathway. Select Enrol now, sign in with your Google account and tap Join class. No application review is required. Existing learners can use Open Classroom. Some work or school accounts may have joining restrictions; contact us if you need help.
Is it self-paced?
Yes. The core course is designed for self-paced study in Google Classroom. Optional private instruction is arranged separately, at an agreed appointment.
How are modules assessed?
Each module offers 40 knowledge points and 60 applied-case points. Passing requires at least 28/40 and 42/60. The best valid score for each component counts once. Higher-level credit requires the preceding level to be passed.
Does completion guarantee funding or accreditation?
No. Course achievement recognises learning at the stated version. It does not establish funding eligibility, investor access or professional accreditation.
What information should I share?
Use fictional cases in scored assessments. Keep confidential client records and sensitive business information outside class comments, public forms and the leaderboard. For support, contact hello@gitaumburu.com.
One academy. A practical progression.
Build your next
business skill.
Begin with foundations, then deepen the skills your business needs. Six Degrees Academy brings practical learning from Six Degrees Advisory, led by Gitau Mburu.
Enrolment openBusiness Foundations to
Business Foundations to
Investment Readiness
Build a clear view of your business model, customers, records, operations and growth choices through worked examples and applied assessments.
Our first pathway is open for self-paced learning. Sign in with your Google account, tap Join class and start with the learner handbook and Module 1. Cumulative scoring and completion delivery remain in pilot testing.
Cash Flow & Pricing Decisions
Work toward a 13-week cash forecast, understand contribution and test a pricing decision with clear assumptions.
Customer Acquisition & Sales
Define a useful customer segment, design an offer experiment and build a simple sales pipeline.
Operations & Business Systems
Map a repeatable process, understand capacity and introduce practical operating measures.
Growth, Governance & Capital Readiness
Evaluate a growth choice, strengthen decision records and organise the evidence behind a funding conversation.
Specialist sector labs and team learning are also being designed. Course availability and release order will follow testing and learner feedback. Only Business Foundations to Investment Readiness is open for enrolment. The other pathways are in development.
Your learning starts here
One pathway.
A clear way in.
Continue in Classroom.
Use the Google account you joined with. Lessons, practice and module assessments are inside Google Classroom.
Already joined? Open Classroom to continue. New here? Use Enrol now, sign in and tap Join class. If your work or school account restricts joining, use a personal Google account or contact us.
Enrol now.
Choose the Google account you want to use throughout the course. On the Classroom screen, tap Join class. Then open Classwork, start with 00 - Start Here and continue to Module 1.
No application review is required to join this first pathway. Joining gives you lesson access; leaderboard participation and certificate eligibility follow separate requirements. Cumulative scoring and certificate delivery remain in pilot testing.
Keep passwords, bank details and confidential client records out of class submissions. Enrolment support: hello@gitaumburu.com.
Your next chapter starts with a question
What could you build
with a clearer perspective?
Enrol in Business Foundations to Investment Readiness today. Join the Classroom with your Google account and begin the first module at your own pace.
Enrol now Opens Google Classroom · Sign in, then tap Join class · Help: hello@gitaumburu.com