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 Classroom · General enrolment coming soon
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. Pass both components. Valid retakes retain your best component results rather than adding duplicate points.
03
Progress with a clear next step.
The course offers up to 1,200 points across 12 modules. Read ahead when useful; higher-level assessment credit requires the previous level to be passed.
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?
Pilot applications are open through our verified-email Google Form. We confirm participation and the enrolled Google account individually. General enrolment is coming soon. Existing members can use Open Classroom under Learner access.
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.
Pilot applications 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 built. Apply to help test the learner experience before general enrolment. Participation is confirmed individually; completion delivery remains 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. Registering interest does not create an enrolment or payment commitment.
Your learning starts here
One pathway.
A clear way in.
Continue in Classroom.
Use the Google account confirmed for your Academy membership. Lessons, practice and module assessments are inside your private Classroom.
Access is for confirmed members. Seeing this link does not enrol you. If Google refuses access, check the signed-in account or contact us.
Apply for the pilot.
Apply using the Google account you would use for Classroom. Tell us your learning goal and whether you can test on a phone. We will confirm participation and the next step individually.
No payment is needed to apply. Application is separate from enrolment, leaderboard consent and certificate eligibility. General enrolment is coming soon.
Keep passwords, bank details and confidential client records out of your application. Support: hello@gitaumburu.com.
Your next chapter starts with a question
What could you build
with a clearer perspective?
Pilot applications are open for Business Foundations to Investment Readiness. Tell us the business question you want to work through and whether you can help test the learning experience.
Apply for the pilot Opens Google Forms · Google sign-in required · Help: hello@gitaumburu.com