MOBI Celebrates 10th Anniversary!
MOBI celebrated its 10th Anniversary at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business on Tuesday, November 11 with Advisory Board Members, partners, community friends, University colleagues, and special guests including MOBI founder Phill Holland's daughter Lisa Holland, his granddaughter Dr. Sheryl Rathfelder, and her husband Daniel Gervais, along with Santa Clara University President Julie Sullivan.
A brief program included remarks from James Glaser, Provost and Executive Vice President; Claudia Peters, MOBI's first President and CEO; Ed Grier, Dean, Leavey School of Business; Drew Starbird, MOBI Executive Director; and Trish Kalbas-Schmidt, MOBI Senior Director, Institute Relations and Program Development.
In this month of gratitude, MOBI extends its deepest appreciation to all who were able to join the celebration in person and in spirit. We are grateful for your support and inspiration and look forward to many more years empowering entrepreneurship, confidence, and hope through free education. To learn more about MOBI's 10th Anniversary, visit our blog post here.
Alert icon MOBI 10th Anniversary Features! Check out MOBI's story in the October edition of Leavey News, the monthly newsletter from the Leavey School of Business. You can also read about MOBI's work supporting family businesses with nonprofit partner Sunday Friends in the current issue of Santa Clara Magazine.
🌟MOBI’s 2025-2026 Courses Are Open for Enrollment!
What’s new? New sessions include: Hiring and Firing, Managing and Motivating Employees, Adapting Your Business for Change, Buying a Franchise, and Business Storytelling! We’ve also added new MOBI On Demand audio and video sessions throughout our course catalog. Look for sessions with a “play” symbol (▶️) indicating audio and video learning options. MOBI On Demand is offered in English with Spanish subtitles provided in the video learning mode.
MOBI’s courses are free, online, self-paced–and ready to help you Start, Manage, and Grow your business with confidence. Enroll today and see what’s new for 2025-2026!
Learn How to Start Your Own Business with MOBI!
Two Ways to Learn:
Enroll: Choose among six entrepreneur courses and earn a Certificate of Completion and/or Digital Badge in just 20 hours from Santa Clara University.
Browse: 41 topics to find answers to your most immediate business questions, enrollment not required.
MOBI's 2025-2026 Courses:
MOBI's courses provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship foundation with Starting a Business, Managing a Business, and Growing a Business. Students can also choose our accelerated Quick Start Entrepreneur, our topic-focused Sales and Marketing Badge Course, and Small Business Essentials. All courses feature availability of some or all sessions in MOBI On Demand audio and video learning options. (Videos are in English with Spanish subtitles.) Visit Our Courses to learn more.
All of our curriculum comes packed with accessible, understandable and actionable information and templates, checklists, and tools to simplify the process of launching your business idea.
Why Is MOBI Free, and How Does it Work?
MOBI's content and curriculum are free, for everyone, forever, thanks to the generosity of our founders Phil & Peggy Holland. The mission at the My Own Business Institute (MOBI) is to start businesses that create jobs and build communities by providing education to aspiring entrepreneurs around the world. Read more about the Holland's lifelong commitment to helping others in Our Story.
Here are the steps you can take to learn with MOBI:
- Visit Our Courses to identify which course is the best fit for you and your business goals.
- Click Enroll Now to create an account in our learning management system, and choose your course.
- Begin!
In addition to the course curriculum, MOBI provides more content on our Resources & Tools page including MOBI blog posts, MOBI alumni Success Stories, and more.
You do not have to enroll to view the MOBI content! The curriculum is also available on our website to make it easy for you to find the information you need. However, in order to earn a Certificate, you do need to be enrolled in a course.
Have questions? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page or send us an email to scu-mobi@scu.edu.
