Laba – międzynarodowa szkoła biznesu

What Laba – międzynarodowa szkoła biznesu does

Laba – międzynarodowa szkoła biznesu (legal entity: Laba Polska Spółka z o.o.) is a Warsaw-based private online education company founded in 2015 that delivers professional development through live, instructor-led online courses targeted at working professionals and corporate clients. The catalog comprises more than 470 courses organized across six verticals — Business, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing & PR, Laba IT (game development, Unreal Engine, data analytics, IT business analysis), and Management — with instructors drawn from active practitioners at companies including Microsoft, CD Projekt RED, 11 bit studios, InPost, VESS Energy, and Sii Poland. Certain courses carry third-party accreditations from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certification Service, allowing students to earn recognized PDUs, PD hours, and CPD certificates.

The underlying technology is a synchronous online learning environment built around a web platform (l-a-b-a.pl / edu.l-a-b-a.pl) integrated with video conferencing for live instruction, session recordings for later review, and a dedicated iOS/Android mobile application that delivers lessons, materials, assignments, and progress tracking with direct messaging to instructors and peers. Content production is supported by an in-house editorial operation that also publishes a blog of 306 articles and book reviews to drive organic SEO acquisition.

The commercial model is B2C course enrollment supplemented by a B2B corporate training channel ("Kursy dla firm") and KFS-funded training for eligible Polish employers. Pricing is inquiry-based and not publicly disclosed; prospective students submit contact forms and are contacted by an educational advisor who provides course pricing, indicating a sales-assisted conversion layer over a self-serve web experience. Marketing relies primarily on SEO, the owned blog, organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), and earned PR in Polish business media (Brief.pl, Polskie Radio, FXMAG). Laba operates from a single Warsaw headquarters with no disclosed headcount, funding, or institutional investors; revenue is not publicly reported.

Name

Laba – międzynarodowa szkoła biznesu

Legal name

Laba Polska Spółka z o.o.

Website

https://l-a-b-a.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Laba is a Warsaw-based private online business school offering 470+ live, practitioner-led courses in business, HR, finance, marketing, IT, and management to Polish working professionals and corporate clients, delivered via web platform and mobile app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Online Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Training Course Marketplaces (B2B Content Libraries) (EDAFAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Online professional education
• Live online courses
• Corporate training programs
• Practitioner-led training
• Continuing professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Warszawa

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Online Course Enrollment: Laba generates revenue by selling seats in its live online courses. Each course has a defined price communicated through an inquiry-based sales process — prospective students fill out a form to receive pricing details from an educational advisor. Courses range from multi-session programs spanning several weeks (e.g., 8-week Medical Writer course, 15-week Junior Data Analyst course) to shorter workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Laba is an online business school that sells live, practitioner-led courses for working professionals across business, HR, finance, marketing, IT, and management disciplines. Course content is delivered through a proprietary web platform and mobile app, with each course priced through an inquiry-to-advisor sales flow and accompanied by completion certificates that include PMI, IIBA, or CPD credentials where applicable. The company also runs a dedicated corporate training line ('Kursy dla firm') offering customized upskilling programs for organizations.

Product overview

Laba is an international business school offering live online courses taught by industry practitioners. The core product is a portfolio of professional development courses organized into six subject areas: Biznes (Business), Human Resources, Finanse (Finance), Marketing i PR, Laba IT (technology and game development), Zarządzanie (Management), and Analiza i dane (Analysis and Data). The platform provides a complete learning environment including a mobile application, blog content hub, corporate training services, and certification. Course delivery is exclusively synchronous online with recorded playback, emphasizing practitioner-led instruction, networking, and practical skill application. Some courses include third-party professional certifications (PMI, IIBA, CPD).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Laba IT: Technology-focused course category covering game development, programming, and IT skills
• Laba Global

Products and services

• Live Online Courses Instructor-led live online courses for working professionals covering business, HR, finance, marketing, IT, and management disciplines, scheduled with real-time instruction and recorded playback; certain courses carry PMI, IIBA, or CPD professional credits.
• Corporate Training (Kursy dla firm) Customized online business training programs for organizations covering company-specific skill development needs across management, HR, finance, marketing, and IT functions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Medical writers can earn ~11,000 PLN/month

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gdański Uniwersytet MedycznyminorOthersDr Katarzyna Tomaszczuk, instructor for the Medical Writer course, serves as a lecturer at Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny (Medical University of Gdańsk), where she guides students through the process of creating scientific works.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Udemy: Global marketplace of professional and technical courses with self-paced video delivery. Comparable as a broad professional course catalog with transparent pricing, contrasting with Laba's quote-based, live-cohort model.
• Coursera: Global MOOC platform partnering with universities and companies to deliver professional certificates and accredited courses. Comparable as the dominant scaled benchmark in online professional education, though Coursera is university-partner-led versus Laba's practitioner-led model.
• LinkedIn Learning: Professional skills video library bundled with LinkedIn Premium, covering business, tech, and creative topics. Comparable as a subscription-based professional upskilling channel targeted at working professionals and HR/L&D buyers.

Direct peers

• MasterClass: Premium subscription platform featuring pre-recorded video lessons from high-profile practitioners across business, leadership, and creative fields. Comparable as a practitioner-led online learning experience targeted at ambitious professionals.
• Go1: Corporate learning content aggregator selling curated course libraries to enterprises via subscription. Comparable as a B2B course platform bridging professional content providers and corporate L&D buyers, overlapping with Laba's 'Kursy dla firm' channel.
• Skillshare: Subscription-based online learning community focused on creative and professional skills delivered via short video lessons. Comparable as a catalog-driven, subscription-priced online education platform targeting individual professionals seeking career advancement.

Emerging players

• Codecademy: Interactive online platform for programming, data science, and tech skills, primarily subscription-based. Comparable as a competitor for Laba IT's programming and game-development tracks (Unreal Engine, C++).
• DataCamp: Online learning platform focused specifically on data analytics, Python, SQL, and Power BI skills for working professionals. Comparable to Laba's Junior Data Analyst and IT Business Analyst courses as a category-specialist competitor.

Regional players

• ALX Africa (formerly Andela Learning): Online training provider offering technology and business courses with career-support services across Africa and Eastern Europe. Comparable as an emerging-market-focused online professional education platform pursuing similar practitioner-led, career-outcome positioning.
• SGH Executive Education: Executive and management education arm of the Warsaw School of Economics, offering MBA and short-format programs in Polish. Comparable as a Poland-based provider of professional management and business education competing for the same Polish learner pool.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/laba.polska
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labapolska
• Instagraminstagram.com/laba.polska

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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