Business and finance
HP LIFE: entrepreneurship and business skills
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The HP Foundation's 30-plus courses on entrepreneurship and business skills, with certificates.
The link goes to the provider's own site. You enrol there, not here.
- Provider
- HP Foundation
- What you get
- a certificate
- Weight on a CV
- moderate weight
- Time cost
- ~20 h
- Validity
- No cut-off date
- Language
- in English, in Russian
- Verified
- 7 August 2026
What this is
HP LIFE courses are built around concrete questions: a business plan, pricing, cash flow, marketing, selling online. Each is short and ends in a completion certificate.
The programme is backed by UNDP and ILO, and the regional partner is the Business and Technology University in Tbilisi. It is one of the rare cases where an international programme has a local anchor in Georgia.
Who it is for
Small business owners, the self-employed, and anyone about to start something of their own.
How to get it
- 1Open HP Foundation and create a free account. No card is asked for at any point.
- 2Work through the material, ~20 h in total. It is self-paced, so the time is yours to spread.
- 3Complete every module. The document is issued on completion, not on an exam result.
- 4Download the certificate as a PDF and keep the verification link, which is what an employer actually checks.
From Georgia
Entirely free, open from Georgia and no card requested.
Where this helps
Live remote vacancies in the same direction. You apply on the employer's own site; the board itself is written in Georgian.
Frequently asked questions
Is HP LIFE: entrepreneurship and business skills really free?
The HP Foundation's 30-plus courses on entrepreneurship and business skills, with certificates. The credential itself costs nothing: what you receive is a certificate. Checked against HP Foundation's own page on 7 August 2026.
How long does HP LIFE: entrepreneurship and business skills take?
HP Foundation states roughly 20 hours. It is self-paced, so that is an evenings-and-weekends number rather than a schedule.
Can I take it from Georgia?
Entirely free, open from Georgia and no card requested.
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