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Digital Business Fundamentals

Explore business entity formation & structure, ein, business banking & financial separation, business credit basics & profile building. Work through applied exercises and develop a project you can explain, test, and improve.

Digital Business (DBA series) — this prefix is academy branding, not a doctoral degree or other academic award.

A certificate issued by this academy is a certificate of completion only. It is not accredited. It is not approved by the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools (SBCCS) or any other state agency. No income or employment outcome is promised.

12 modules≈135 learner hoursSelf-paced draft
YOUR TAKEAWAYS

What you will practice

  • Form and document a legal business entity and banking separation
  • Build business credit and compliance foundations
  • Draft core contracts and payment infrastructure
  • Model finances, tax basics, and capital options
  • Design holding/scaling structures and a live launch capstone
  • Defend a capstone business launch to a human reviewer
THE LEARNING PLAN

Inside the course

  1. 01Business Entity Formation & Structure
  2. 02EIN, Business Banking & Financial Separation
  3. 03Business Credit Basics & Profile Building
  4. 04Contracts, Agreements & Legal Protections
  5. 05Merchant Services & Payment Infrastructure
  6. 06Business Financial Modeling & Projections
  7. 07Business Tax Strategy Fundamentals
  8. 08Tax Preparation as a Business: Solo to Scale
  9. 09Holding Company Structures & Asset Protection
  10. 10Business Funding & Capital Access
  11. 11Operations, Systems & AI Automation
  12. 12Sales, Marketing & Sustainable Growth
TRY THE MATERIAL

A little of what is inside.

EXCERPT FROM THE STUDENT MATERIAL
The decision of how to structure a business is one of the most consequential legal and financial decisions an entrepreneur makes — and one of the most commonly made incorrectly, by default, or without adequate information. Operating as a sole proprietor by default rather than choosing a legal structure is a choice — and usually the wrong one. The legal entity structure determines personal liability exposure, tax treatment, access to business credit, appearance of professionalism to vendors and clients, and the ability to raise capital or bring in partners. Understanding these implications before choosing a structure is the foundational…

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