Learn How to Start
a Successful Internet Business
Starting a digital business involves careful planning, business and digital know-how and solid business management skills. Launching a successful internet isn’t just about having a great idea—it’s about having a clear strategy and solid planning. Strategy gives you direction, helping you focus on your target market, stand out from competitors, and allocate resources wisely. Planning turns that vision into action, allowing you to anticipate challenges, track progress, and pivot when needed. Without both, even the best ideas can get lost in the noise.
For an internet startup, digital governance is crucial to building a strong and scalable foundation. It sets clear guidelines around data privacy, platform security, content standards, and decision-making—helping your team move fast without losing control. With the right governance in place early on, you reduce risks, ensure compliance, and create a more consistent experience for users as you grow. It’s not about slowing down—it’s about growing smart.
Our Digital Entrepreneurship Certification
Don't know where to start? Gain access to powerful expertise and experience from the founder of Digital Skills Authority, whether you need real-world knowledge and skills to make your business successful, or an industry credential to support investment in you and your business, our high-impacting training and certification, will help your journey to success.
Discover how to start your business from a successful Digital Entrepreneur, who has taught both entrepreneurs and leaders from well-known brands and government organizations around the globe. Adapted from COB Certified E-Business Manager, which includes valuable tools, time-saving and know-how on effective planning, international business, revenue models, e-commerce, digital marketing, emerging technologies, risk management and more, this practical program also features insights from experts in finance, fundraising and investment. Take our industry certification, and encourage your partners and investors, with your COB Certified Digital Entrepreneur industry credential. Our program includes the latest insights on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies relevant to this role.
How to take this course?
This exclusive digital entrepreneurship certification shares the content our flagship COB Certified E-Business Manager e-learning program below. We are in the process of implemented our branded version. In the meantime, entrepreneurs interested in our Digital Entrepreneurship certification may take the COB Certified E-Business Manager course training and elect to certify for the COB Certified Digital Entrepreneur credential.
FOR DIGITAL & RETAIL ENTREPRENEURS
COB Certified
E-Business Manager
Our flagship inter-departmental e-business management program equips professionals, managers, department managers and entrepreneurs to implement digital business effectively.
Our real-world practical program is delivered as an on-site consultative course, public course with forthcoming Licensed Training Providers, and online via our e-learning platform. Our program includes the latest insights on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies relevant to this role.
COB Certified
E-Commerce Manager
Starting an e-commerce business?
Our practical e-commerce program for retail teams and startups is the ultimate online selling course. Delegates and subscribers will master international e-commerce planning and management, content strategy and customer experience. Plus, web merchandising for maximum sales, gain and an introduction to digital marketing, advertising and artificial intelligence for e-commerce.
This high-impacting practical program is delivered as an on-site consultative course, public course with forthcoming Licensed Training Providers, and online via our e-learning platform. Our program includes the latest insights on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies relevant to this role.
COB Certified
CXO
Successful high-growth startups can progress to our C-Suite certification program.
The COB Certified CXO Program is a cutting-edge strategic program for C-Suite leaders and Board Level Directors, which enables boards to collaboratively lead digital best-practice and fully leverage the business and organizational opportunities offered by digital business (from transformation to commercial).
The certification program is delivered at an industry-led conference, hosted by our President and supported with insight, case studies and experience from cutting-edge innovators and leaders at well-known organizations around the globe. Our program includes the latest insights on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies relevant to this role.