ELI’s Business English For Entrepreneurs is a unique 12-13 week in-person course taught on our conveniently located campus in Downtown San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
BEE is a project based course where students develop their business ideas, network with entrepreneurs and professionals from around the world, explore Silicon Valley, learn how to launch their own startup and improve their English at the same time.
Connect to Silicon Valley startup culture in this project-based, full-time Business English course and access 4 hours of afternoon Elective classes including Pronunciation and Conversation.
The course has 4 start dates per year and is taught by one of ELI’s highly qualified, professional ESL teachers every quarter. Class sizes average 8-12 students. Our small class sizes allow individualized learning and daily opportunities to practice English while networking with fellow entrepreneurs.
$100 Nonrefundable App Fee
Monday to Thursday
9:30am-2:30pm
18 hours/week: Required instruction
4 hours/week: Elective classes (optional)
Quarterly Start Dates:
Practice user research methods to discover, validate, and build empathy with the best audience for your ideas.
Learn to test assumptions about your product’s value, marketing channels and revenue potential.
Apply the leading philosophy in Silicon Valley for how to manage costs for your start-up and risks to your business.
The Business English for Entrepreneurs program supports students in developing English communications and business skills. Students learn by doing a complete exercise of start-up company creation. Being in San Francisco, the heart of SiliconValley where everything happens first, is so exciting. Meeting founders and taking trips to places like Uber and Runway are impressive. This course is the way to empower your startup dreams or next career challenge.
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