Entrepreneur Business School

Name

Entrepreneur Business School

Legal name

Entrepreneur Business School Limited

Website

https://entrepreneur-business-school.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entrepreneurship Training & Mentorship

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days) (EDAMAHAB), Leadership, Management & Teamwork for Business (EDAMAHAI), Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM)

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship training
• Business mentorship
• Startup education
• Innovation training
• IP commercialisation

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Training Programme Fees: EBS generates revenue through professional services fees charged for its tailor-made training programmes. Programmes range from 5-day workshops to 12-month intensive courses, with pricing customised to client requirements. Training is delivered face-to-face, online, or in blended format and can be supplemented with 1-2-1 coaching and mentoring from experienced executives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Entrepreneur Business School provides tailor-made business training, coaching, and mentoring programmes for technology startups, university spinouts, and corporate entrepreneurs across the UK. Its core offerings include Guided Entrepreneurship (startup founders), Guided Innovation (corporate entrepreneurs), and an Accredited Training programme (12-month, university-validated at SCQF Masters Level 11), delivered face-to-face, online, or in blended formats and supported by a proprietary Learning Portal. Programmes are led by serial entrepreneurs rather than academics, with expertise across Life Sciences, engineering, energy, software, digital media, sensors, and communications.

Product overview

Entrepreneur Business School (EBS) offers a portfolio of business training and support services for technology entrepreneurs and corporate innovators across the UK. The core offering consists of Guided Entrepreneurship (for startup founders), Guided Innovation (for corporate entrepreneurs within established businesses), and Accredited Training (a 12-month university-accredited programme at SCQF Masters Level 11). These core programmes are delivered through the proprietary Learning Portal platform and can be supplemented with Coaching & Mentoring (1-2-1 executive support) and Blended Learning (face-to-face, online via Zoom/Microsoft Teams, or mixed delivery). EBS also provides Exit Planning services through a partnership with WTA Partners for M&A support. All programmes are tailored to technology sectors including Life Sciences, engineering, energy, software, digital media, sensors, and communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COMPASS: A suite of training services including Learning Portal, Blended Learning, Coaching & Mentoring, Accredited Training, Guided Innovation, and Guided Entrepreneurship.
• Guided Entrepreneurship
• Guided Innovation
• Guided Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs
• EBS Learning Portal

Products and services

• Guided Entrepreneurship

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of businesses incorporated through EBS programmes are still trading
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CreateccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021EBS delivers a comprehensive business training and mentoring programme as part of Createc's Fusion initiative - a business creation programme for aspiring entrepreneurs. Fusion employs aspiring entrepreneurs for two years to explore Createc's technology and IP portfolio, identify commercial opportunities, and develop technology startup businesses. EBS helps Entrepreneurial CEOs and CTOs develop skills needed to start sustainable companies, with support in securing funding and introductions to potential investors.
• FIS360coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021FIS360 is a technology commercialisation specialist that co-developed and co-delivers the Fusion programme with EBS on behalf of Createc. FIS360 brings together Createc's Directors with EBS and FIS360 specialists to deliver comprehensive support to Fusion entrepreneurs, combining technical input with business creation know-how.
• WTA PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBS has partnered with WTA Partners to provide exit planning services to innovative technology businesses across the UK. WTA focuses on enabling strategic M&A services within the technology sector, providing support and guidance for businesses considering their strategic direction towards a potential exit. The combination of WTA's M&A expertise with EBS's detailed coaching and mentoring creates a comprehensive exit preparation service.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator: US-headquartered but globally recognised startup accelerator that has trained thousands of founders including EBS alumni (e.g. Supplant). Sets the benchmark for accelerator-style founder training that EBS competes against for UK/international founders.
• Techstars: Global accelerator network running 50+ programmes worldwide including UK cohorts. Provides mentorship-driven programmes with investor access, competing for the same UK technology founders at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Founders Factory: London-based incubator and accelerator that builds and scales technology startups with corporate partners. Comparable UK focus, founder training and corporate-innovation overlap with EBS's Guided Innovation offering.
• Seedcamp: European early-stage fund with an accelerator programme that provides mentorship, training, and seed capital to founders. Directly competes for the same UK/European technology founder cohort with a bundled training-plus-investment offer.
• Entrepreneur First: UK-headquartered 'talent-first' startup builder that takes technical individuals and helps them form and fund technology companies. Direct overlap with EBS's Guided Entrepreneurship programme and UK spinout/startup customer base.

Regional players

• SETsquared Partnership: University partnership (Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton, Surrey) providing entrepreneurship training, incubation and investor readiness support. Directly comparable UK university-affiliated commercialisation offering for spinouts.
• Digital Catapult: UK government-backed innovation centre running accelerator and commercialisation programmes for early-stage technology companies. Competes for the same UK deep-tech/spinout founders via subsidised or free programmes.
• Wayra: Telefónica's global innovation and accelerator arm with a UK hub, providing training, mentoring and corporate introductions to technology startups. Overlaps with EBS on corporate innovation training and UK startup funnel.

Emerging players

• Startupbootcamp: European-headquartered accelerator with multiple industry-specific programmes (FinTech, InsurTech, etc.) providing mentorship, training and seed funding. Comparable European focus and accelerator-style founder education model to EBS.

Others

• Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO): Global peer network for founders of businesses earning $1m+ that provides peer-learning, mentoring and executive education. Adjacent offering to EBS — focused on later-stage peer learning rather than early-stage startup training — and a potential downstream community for EBS alumni.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/entrepreneur-business-school

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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