Learn to run a course business.
Free courses for people running or starting a course business. Every course runs on Course Engine, so while you learn the business, you explore the platform as a student: narrated lessons, quizzes, certificates and community.
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A real school, not a product tour.
The courses teach the business. The platform they run on is the one our team deploys for schools, so you see it the way their learners do.
Free to join
Create an account and start the first course. There is no demo to book and no sales call.
The business, not the software
How a course business works, from the offer and the product to the marketing and the systems that let it grow.
Taught on Course Engine
Every lesson runs on the platform itself, so taking a course is the most honest look at the product.
For people who run a course business, or are about to.
Open to anyone, and written for the people who build, sell and grow courses.
- You run a course business
Sharpen how you build, sell and grow what you teach.
- You're starting one
Learn how the business works before you build the product.
- You're choosing a platform
Try Course Engine as a student before you talk to our team.
The Digital Business Program
Four lessons on turning what you know into a digital product business: how you think, what you sell, how you market it and how it scales.
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Think and act like a billion‑dollar entrepreneur
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Build a digital product that sells itself
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Marketing with hypnotic persuasion
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Optimize, automate and scale for maximum profit
Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch.
Course Engine from the student's side.
Taking a course is the tour. You learn with the same features a school's learners use.
Narrated lessons
Listen to each lesson while the text highlights as it is read, or read at your own pace.
Quizzes
Check what you have learned after each lesson and see your progress as you go.
Certificates
Complete the course and earn a certificate with its own public verification page.
Community
Talk through the lessons and your own business with other learners in the forums.
Course Engine for your own school.
The academy shows you the student side. For your school, Course Engine also produces and translates your courses and runs the store, emails and ads that sell them. Deployed by our team.
Questions about the academy
Is the academy really free?
Yes. Creating an account and taking the courses is free. There is no demo to book and no sales call.
Is this a free version of Course Engine?
No. The academy is a school that runs on Course Engine, and you take part as a student. Schools that want the platform itself book a demo, and our team deploys it for them.
Which languages is the course in?
The Digital Business Program is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When you complete the course, you earn a certificate with a public page where anyone can verify it.
Start with the first course.
Four lessons on building a digital business. Free, and in six languages.
Start freeOpen to anyone running or starting a course business.