Entrepreneurship & Business Startup Masterclass
A hands-on, 12-session live program that takes you from a raw idea to a validated, branded, fundable business. Build your model, operations, finances, and an investor-ready pitch deck. Mentored by Thilagavathi M. No prior business experience required.
Leave each session with a real business asset
You build every session
Each module pairs teaching with a real deliverable you create live, from a validation report and a Business Model Canvas to a full pitch deck.
Idea to fundable business
Move from a raw idea to a validated, branded business with a financial model and an investor-ready pitch you can put in front of funders.
No experience needed
Every concept is taught from first principles and applied immediately, so complete beginners and busy professionals can both follow along.
For anyone ready to build a business the right way
With a validated idea, a clear model, and the operational and financial foundations to last.
🚀 Aspiring Founders
Turn an idea or a skill into a real, structured, profitable business from scratch.
💼 Freelancers & Solopreneurs
Systematize what you already do into a scalable brand with real operations and finances.
🏪 Small Business Owners
Sharpen your model, branding, sales, and growth strategy to reach the next level.
🎓 Students & Career Switchers
Learn to build a business end to end, with no prior business experience required.
12 modules across 6 weekends
Each week builds on the last, from mindset and validation to launch, funding, and graduation.
🧠 Mindset & Idea Validation
The founder mindset, finding a profitable niche, market research, and validating demand before you build.
📋 Business Planning
The Business Model Canvas end to end, revenue models, pricing strategy, and risk analysis.
🎨 Branding & Marketing
Brand identity, personal branding as a founder, digital and social marketing, and content strategy.
💰 Sales & Operations
Sales funnels, lead generation, negotiation, retention, and the systems that keep a business running.
📈 Finance & Growth
Budgeting, pricing for profit, cash flow, partnerships, automation, and the growth metrics that matter.
🎤 Launch, Pitching & Funding
Setup and legal basics, an investor-ready pitch deck, bootstrapping versus funding, and your capstone.
Learn from Thilagavathi M
Thilagavathi M
Thilagavathi M is a Personal Branding and Career Coach who helps job seekers get noticed and get interview calls. With 5+ years of IT support experience, she knows exactly what recruiters and hiring managers look for. Her work spans ATS-friendly resume writing, LinkedIn profile makeovers, Naukri and job-portal optimization, personal websites, and one-on-one career guidance. In this program she teaches every skill from first principles and pairs it with a real, hands-on deliverable.
Connect on LinkedIn →One fee. A launch-ready business.
- 12 live sessions across 6 weekends
- 12 hands-on modules and 8 portfolio projects
- Validated idea, business plan and financial model
- Brand identity and investor-ready pitch deck
- Mentorship from Thilagavathi M & community access
- CBC Entrepreneurship Certification on completion
Course fee ₹19,999 + 18% GST (₹23,600 all-in). See how this compares →
What people say about working with Thilagavathi
Verified reviews from people Thilagavathi has coached and mentored on their careers and profiles.
Thilagavathi did an excellent job creating my ATS-friendly resume and optimizing my LinkedIn profile. Her attention to detail, professionalism, and understanding of recruiter expectations were impressive.
An exceptional professional who truly understands modern recruitment. She blends strategic keyword placement with a narrative that feels authentic and high-impact, and builds a personal brand that stands out.
Outstanding service. She delivered a high-quality, professional resume that exceeded my expectations, was attentive to detail, and gave excellent career advice. I feel far more confident now.
Excellent work on my resume and LinkedIn profile. You aligned everything with the right requirements and highlighted my skills and experience effectively. I would gladly recommend your services.
Excellent support in building my resume and professional profiles. The improvements made my profile look professional and significantly boosted my confidence. Clear, personalized, and effective.
Thilagavathi truly captured my experience, my strengths, my core competencies, and even things I did not consider as strengths. Completely professional and friendly, and she really worked with me.
An entrepreneurship and startup masterclass, done hands-on
The Entrepreneurship & Business Startup Masterclass is a live, mentor-led program with 12 hands-on modules across 6 weekends. It is build-first, so you leave each session with a real business asset rather than only watching lectures.
What the 12 modules cover
You move through the founder mindset and idea validation, business planning, branding and marketing, sales and operations, finance and growth, business setup and legal basics, pitching and funding, a startup capstone, and graduation with certification.
Learn by doing
Each module is paired with a real deliverable, from a Business Idea Validation Report and a Business Model Canvas to a Brand Identity Kit, a Sales Strategy, a Financial Plan and an investor-ready Startup Pitch Deck, so you finish with a complete business plan, not just notes.
Fee and format
The course fee is ₹19,999 plus 18% GST, which is ₹23,600 all-in. It runs as a live cohort of 12 sessions of about 2 hours each across six weekends, delivered in English, with Tamil delivery available on request.
Certification and community
Complete the program and your capstone review to earn the CBC Entrepreneurship Certification. Beyond the classroom you gain lifetime community access, and members who freelance or consult under the CareerByteCode brand earn a 55% to 80% revenue share via Razorpay.
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Finish with the CareerByteCode Certified Entrepreneurship Professional credential
Complete the program and earn a verifiable certificate you can add to LinkedIn and your resume. It is built to be recognised fast by recruiters and to give your job search a concrete proof point.
Certificate of Completion
This certifies that
Your Namehas successfully completed the program
Entrepreneurship Masterclass
CareerByteCode Certified Entrepreneurship ProfessionalDirector, CareerByteCode
Credential ID
CBC-ENTRE-2026-0001
Sample certificate. Every graduate receives one with their own name and a unique verifiable ID. Each certificate is valid for 6 months from its issue date.
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Verifiable in seconds
Each certificate carries a unique ID and a public verify link, so a recruiter can confirm it is real without contacting you.
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Add it to your LinkedIn
It drops straight into your Licenses and Certifications section using the issuer name, issue date, and credential ID.
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Proof you can do the work
It is awarded for completing real, project-based work, not for watching videos, so it signals applied skill to hiring teams.
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Speaks the recruiter's language
A clear, role-titled credential that matches the terms hiring teams and ATS filters actually search for, helping you move faster through screening.
Every certificate is verifiable. Check any credential ID at careerbytecode.in/verify.
From a raw idea to a launch-ready business
Validate, plan, brand, and fund, then step into launch with the community behind you.
Master 12 modules
Work through mindset, validation, planning, branding, sales, operations, finance, growth, launch and funding.
Build a business plan
Finish with eight deliverables, from a validated idea to a complete business plan and investor-ready pitch deck.
Get certified
Complete your capstone to earn the CBC Entrepreneurship Certification and lifetime community access.
Grow through our community
Join a global community of founders and mentors, share your progress, and keep learning long after the cohort ends.
Earn from your skills
Launch your own business, or freelance and consult under the CareerByteCode brand with a 55% to 80% revenue share.
Ready to build your business?
Join the next cohort, build a real asset in every session, and finish with a business plan and pitch deck you can act on.
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