The Next Economy MBA: Community-Powered Business Education for A Just Economic Transition
The Next Economy MBA is a nine-month learning journey for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, community builders, and purpose-driven professionals who want to strengthen their business fundamentals while learning how to help create an economy that benefits all life. It is not a conventional graduate degree. It is a practical, values-rooted alternative to business education. The course covers the fundamentals of a standard business degree; vision, culture, strategy, operations, marketing, sales, recruiting, finance, governance, all through a values-aligned lens.
Why Did The Next Economy MBA start?
Many people are looking for business education, but they do not want to be trained to become managers inside the same systems that are producing climate chaos, racialized wealth extraction, alienation, and ecological harm. They want to learn business skills, but they also want those skills to serve repair, regeneration, local resilience, democratic ownership, and collective liberation.
The central question behind the Next Economy MBA is simple: What would a business education look like if the goal were to redesign the economy for the benefit of all life? That question changes almost everything. Instead of treating profit maximization as the assumed center of business, the program asks how organizations can meet real needs, share ownership, democratize governance, support local communities, regenerate ecosystems, and build movements.
Who Is The Next Economy MBA For?
The program is designed for current or aspiring entrepreneurs, people growing cooperative enterprises, B Corp leaders who want to go deeper than certification, nonprofit leaders, Lean Start-up community members, consultants, organizers, students, recent graduates, and people in career or life transitions asking how their gifts can better serve life. Some participants come in with a fully formed project. Others come in with a question, a longing, or a sense that business as usual no longer fits.
What Will I Learn?
The curriculum begins with a shared critique of the business-as-usual economy and a vision for what could come next. From there, participants explore principles of Next Economy enterprises, legal structures, personal life design, vision alignment, culture, communication, strategy, fundraising, partnerships, governance, operations, marketing, sales, and next steps for broader systems change.
The goal is not to memorize a single model. The goal is to build literacy, imagination, and practical capacity. Participants leave with a stronger understanding of business fundamentals, but from an entirely different frame: one that asks how enterprise can meet needs, distribute power, build trust, and support living systems.
Why Does This Matter Now?
The work ahead will require people who can bridge worlds: people who understand the current economy well enough to navigate it, but who are not limited by its assumptions. The Next Economy MBA exists for those people. It is for leaders who know that another economy is possible and want practical tools, community, and support for helping bring it into being.
Ready To Join Us?
Download the Course Outline and FAQ to see the full arc of the curriculum, upcoming cohort dates, pricing, and what participants can expect from the program.