Learn how to launch your business on a digital platform

dRural Academy

Welcome to the dRural Academy!

The dRural Academy is a free platform where you can find training materials that support service providers and business owners onboarding a digital marketplace like dRural.

Through the dRural Academy you can attend virtual courses and learn how to:

  • Digitalise your business
  • Develop a strategy and plan your work on a digital platform
  • Use the dRural Metaplatform

Scroll down the page to discover all courses and training materials.

Courses

Course 1

Get on board – Business in a digital context

Through this course you’ll learn how your company or organisation can grow your business by using a digital marketplace.

Click here to start the course and get:

  • a better understanding of business in a digital context in general,
  • models and tools that will help you get a better understanding of your business and its potential,
  • a clear picture of how you can grow your business by onboarding a digital marketplace.

Support materials

Course 2

Plan your business on a digital platform

Through this course you’ll be able to:

  • discover what a platform is and what its key features are,
  • adjust your activities according to your constraints and insights,
  • design your own platform efficiently,
  • set out a growth strategy and shape your business model
  • master impact evaluation and learn to create smart indicators for regional development success

After presenting general guidelines (module 1), the course delves into three main topics:

  1. Ecosystem development (modules 2-4)
  2. Platform thinking (modules 5-9) and business development (modules 10-15)
  3. Impact evaluation (module 16)

Click here to start the course!

Support materials - Module 8 - Platform Canvas

Support materials - Module 12 - How to pitch your platform Business Model

Extra support Materials - Platform thinking

Course 3

Technical training – Learn to use the dRural platform

Through this course you’ll get technical training on how to use the dRural platform and launch your business on your local digital marketplace.

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