Learning Program · Mendruk

Entrepreneurial Skills
for the Real Market

Most founders spend months building something without ever checking whether a real market already serves that need — and who is serving it. This program covers the practical side of starting a business: reading markets, choosing the right competitors to study, and positioning yourself where it actually matters.

Entrepreneur working on market analysis and competitor research
Practical skills, real decisions

What the program actually covers

Six modules, delivered at your own pace. Each one is built around a specific decision you will face as a founder — not abstract theory, but the kind of thinking that changes how you read a market.

The module on how to choose the right competitors for your business sits at the center of the program. It is easy to study the wrong companies and draw the wrong conclusions. This module shows you which competitors are actually relevant to your stage and category.

01
Reading a market before you enter it
Signals that indicate whether a market is worth entering — demand patterns, saturation indicators, and timing factors most first-time founders overlook.
02
Choosing the right competitors to study
Not every competitor is worth your attention. This module covers how to identify which businesses are genuinely comparable — and what studying the wrong ones costs you in wasted assumptions.
03
Positioning when the field is crowded
Differentiation is not about being louder. It is about being specific. This module works through positioning frameworks with real business examples from European markets.
04
Customer segments and pricing logic
Pricing is a positioning signal, not just a number. Learn how segment choice shapes what you can charge and how customers interpret your offer relative to alternatives.
05
Building a minimal viable offer
What to include, what to strip away, and how to test an offer before committing resources. Practical exercises with feedback from program instructors.
06
Iteration without losing direction
How to adjust your business model based on early feedback without pivoting into something unrecognizable. Staying coherent while staying flexible.

The people behind the program

Agnieszka Rybak, instructor specializing in customer research
Customer research and segment mapping
Agnieszka Rybak
Instructor · Customer Research
Agnieszka brings a research background to the program, teaching participants how to gather useful customer data without expensive tools. She designed the segment and pricing modules.
Dorota Majewska, instructor for product and offer design
Minimal viable offer and iteration
Dorota Majewska
Instructor · Product Design
Dorota has worked with over 30 startups on their first product releases. She leads the modules on offer design and iteration, drawing on cases where founders had to rebuild their assumptions mid-launch.

What you get and what it asks of you

The program runs entirely online, structured so that each module builds on the previous one. You work through the material in your own time, though most participants finish within eight weeks when treating it as a part-time commitment.

Feedback on exercises is provided by the instructors — not automated. Each submission gets a written response within five working days. There are no cohorts or fixed start dates; you begin when you are ready.

The program does not promise a finished business at the end. It gives you a clearer picture of the market you are entering and sharper tools for the decisions ahead. Progress depends on what you put in.

890 PLN one-time · lifetime access · instructor feedback included
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Typical participant progress
Market reading
Competitor choice
Positioning
Pricing logic
Offer design
Iteration

Completion rates drop across later modules — not because the material is harder, but because earlier modules already shift how participants think. Many stop to apply what they have learned before continuing.