Badges & Certification

The journey to develop a more entrepreneurial mindset has many exciting steps along the way. As the world leader in entrepreneurial mindset education, we’ve designed a straightforward process for you to earn a micro-credential at whatever level you need to achieve your goals. Each professional certification will come with an Open Badge from ELI that includes information about the skills and achievements associated with the particular certification. This certification can then be shared with employers or on your LinkedIn profile and will provide evidence that you have worked to develop your entrepreneurial mindset.

Our certifications are available in the following levels:

	Bronze (Fundamentals) Badge This level of certification covers foundational and fundamental concepts that are required for the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. You can achieve this badge at your own pace by completing our online Ice House Entrepreneurship Program and passing the end-of-course exam. If you’d like to begin this certification program right now, you can enroll at this link.
	Silver (Intermediate) Badge For the intermediate level certification, you must complete all requirements from the Bronze certification and work with an ELI-trained Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator (Gold or Platinum Certification) to complete the experiential learning activities associated with our Opportunity Discovery Process. If you want to not only learn about the entrepreneurial mindset but experience the process while being guided through it by a trained facilitator, this is the certification for you. To connect to a facilitator running a silver-level certification course soon, please reach out to us at info@elimindset.com.
	Gold (Facilitator) Badge Our gold-level facilitator certification verifies that you have completed our requirements to train other people in the entrepreneurial mindset. If you are interested in teaching others how to think like an entrepreneur this is the badge that you will need. As part of the process for this micro-credential, we will expose you to the materials that support the Bronze and Silver certifications and prepare you to be a strong mentor and guide for your learners. We offer online trainings quarterly, and you can find upcoming events at this link. If you’d prefer to have private training for at least 10 people, in-person or online, reach out to our Director of Trainings & Operations, Joanie Weber, at joanie@elimindset.com.
	Platinum (Expert) Badge Those who would like to create a large-scale and sustainable impact across their organization might wish to have some of their staff pursue our platinum-level certification. With the expert level of certification, individuals can instruct our gold-level certification training and certify people in their organizations as Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitators. Stringent requirements apply to qualify for this level of expert certification. To learn more about the requirements needed for this badge, reach out to us at info@elimindset.com.