Learn How to Start Your Own Business with MOBI!

Two Ways to Learn:

Enroll: Choose among six entrepreneur courses and earn a Certificate of Completion and/or Digital Badge in just 20 hours from Santa Clara University. 

Browse: 41 topics to find answers to your most immediate business questions, enrollment not required. 

MOBI by the Numbers

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.

Discover the information you need for every stage of your business journey, all in one place. MOBI is the top choice for free online entrepreneurship education. 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.

Celebrating 10 Years of MOBI at Santa Clara University

For the past decade, the My Own Business Institute (MOBI) has been empowering entrepreneurs through free online business education at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

As we celebrate 10 years of impact, we reflect on all aspiring and established business owners who have gained the knowledge and confidence to Start, Manage, and Grow their businesses with MOBI. 

We recognize our inspiring partners around the world, who bring free entrepreneurship education to those who need and want it most, creating opportunity for individuals and communities alike. 

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our students, partners, and readers. We reach this milestone together, and we are honored by your support. We look forward to continuing our mission of fueling dreams and confidence through education and creating businesses, jobs, and community growth through entrepreneurship.

Trish Kalbas-Schmidt, MOBI Senior Director, Institute Relations and Program Development, joined Jania Bailey, CEO of FranNet, as her guest on "Just Jania," a podcast powered by FranNet. Jania leverages her extensive franchise industry experience, spanning over 20 years, to discuss a variety of franchise topics with her guests.

In this episode, Trish introduces listeners to the My Own Business Institute and its mission to fuel confidence and dreams through free entrepreneurship education. She highlights vulnerability as the spark for creativity, along with ways we can recognize and empower the entrepreneur in all of us: "We are each our own MVP, minimum viable product."

Trish also discusses entrepreneurship trends, challenges, and what's ahead for MOBI. Aired on January 14, the podcast can be heard here on Social Geek Radio.

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:

1. Visit Our Courses to identify which course is the best fit for you and your business goals.
2. Click Enroll Now to create an account in our learning management system, and choose your course.
3. 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.

MOBI is your FREE starting a business resource!