Think beyond the craftSelf-paced

Product Designer’sMini MBA

Business first. Screens second.

Five modules, twenty lessons and one company. Price your work in rupees, run the project around it and turn the result into a career file.

  • Unit economics
  • Business cases in rupees
  • A/B test planning
  • Stakeholder management
  • Design operations
  • Career strategy
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Taught by Anjali RanaGrowth & Business · GoodScool
Course cover: Product Designer’s Mini MBA
  • 5modules
  • 20lessons, plus 5 exercises
  • 77AI prompts, each with guardrails
  • 12weeks, one company, one quarter
Level
For working designers
Format
Interactive, in your browser
Language
English
Certificate
Assessment-backed
Access
Lifetime, with updates

This course is for you if

Read these four. If one sounds like you, this is built for you.

  • You design well, but you’re briefed after the decision has been made.
  • You’ve been asked “what’s it worth?” and didn’t have a number ready.
  • You’re the only designer, with no analyst, DesignOps team or written career ladder.
  • You’re aiming for Senior, Lead or Staff and need to show business impact.
An honest note

Not for you if you’re new to design, or want a Figma or UI craft course. This one assumes you can already produce good interface work.

Five artefacts. One Career File.

Five working artefacts built on your own product, ready to take to your next review.

  • A business case

    A one-page case, in rupees

  • A tested bet

    Three versions and a test plan locked before launch

  • A delivery plan

    Scope, a two-track sprint, a review kit and a stakeholder plan

  • A foundations plan

    System health, a friction map, principles and partners

  • A Career File

    A Path Declaration, Influence Map, Case Study Draft and Negotiation Brief

Say what it’s worth. Say where it came from.

Every number in the course wears a label. You learn to price design work in rupees, show your assumptions, and never pass a target off as a result.

  • Known

    From the company’s own systems

  • Derived

    Arithmetic on known numbers

  • Assumption

    A simplification, flagged

  • Benchmark

    A norm for the category

  • Target

    A goal, never a result

  • Measured

    A result that has been read

Illustration. Teaching material, not a real learner record.

Three things you won’t find elsewhere.

Why this course is different, in three specifics.

  • 01Every number carries a label.

    Known, Derived, Assumption, Benchmark, Target, and later Measured. You practise it until it is automatic, down to the rule that a target is never a result.

  • 02Design work, priced in rupees.

    Return on gross profit, payback in days and a haircut for being wrong, with a smaller version priced and ready in your back pocket.

  • 03The result arrives when it would really arrive.

    The A/B test runs in Weeks 6 to 8 and its outcome appears only in Lesson 5.3: a real, imperfect, defensible win.

One company. One quarter.

Every lesson works inside Kavya Care, a Mumbai skincare brand, across the same twelve weeks. Each lesson picks up where the last one ended, and no result appears before it would really arrive.

The quarter, module by module
  • Week 0
    Module 1 · The Case FileNot yet known: what a PDP point is worth.
  • Week 1
    Module 2 · A target and a caseNot yet known: why shoppers stall.
  • Weeks 2 to 4
    Module 3 · An approved version and a planNot yet known: whether it works.
  • Weeks 6 to 8
    Module 4 · A live A/B testNot yet known: its outcome.
  • Week 12
    Module 5 · A finished, measured projectNot yet known: the effect on 90-day repeat, which reads in Q4.

The objective: “Become the first-choice serum for dark spots and uneven skin tone in India.” KR1: PDP to add-to-cart from 6% toward 9%, with a success bar of 8%.

Not videos. Working sessions.

Each of the 20 lessons is an interactive teaching instrument in your browser, and every lesson follows the same loop, so you always know where you are.

  1. 01Opening scene

    A moment in Kavya’s week, recreated in the tool it happens in, ending in a decision.

  2. 02Locate yourself

    A short self-check that points you to the sections you need most.

  3. 03Teaching sections

    Each with “The trap”, a worked Kavya Care box and an “Outside the case” example.

  4. 04Hands-on instruments

    Live calculators, linters, sorters, capacity grids and stakeholder maps.

  5. 05Spot the habits

    A confident colleague’s note with five or six flawed habits to find and fix.

  6. 06Knowledge check

    Ten to twelve open questions. Write first, then compare with the guide.

  7. 07A workspace

    Builds the lesson’s artefact on your own product. The model answer unlocks after you write yours.

  8. 08Complete the loop

    Each workspace feeds the next, so the artefacts stack up into one file.

5 modules. Every one ends in work.

20 lessons in a fixed order, each leaving you with an artefact, and one exercise per module.

01Business caseWhat is a 3-point move on this page worth, and who has to say yes?Case Week 04 lessonsYou make: A one-page case, in rupees
You make: A one-page case, in rupees
1.1How businesses actually make moneyKeep: Business Reading Framework
1.2Reading the room: company strategy 101Keep: Strategy Map
1.3The metrics designers must ownKeep: Project Metrics Card
1.4Making the business case for designKeep: One-Page Business Case and a five-sentence pitch
Slack/#pdp-review
M
Meera · Founder and CEO
What is a 3-point move on the PDP worth?
Impact, a month
₹6.7L
Derived
6% to 9%, at about ₹900 gross profit per order. Gross profit, not revenue.
Then take a haircut
What we expectTaken off, if we are wrong
₹1.9L
effort · 19 person-days × ₹10,000
₹0.8L
smaller version V1 · 8 person-days
Fig. 1 · A founder’s question, a rupee impact estimate and a haircut for being wrongIllustrative
Slack/#pdp-review
M
Meera · Founder and CEO
What is a 3-point move on the PDP worth?
Impact, a month
₹6.7L
Derived
6% to 9%, at about ₹900 gross profit per order. Gross profit, not revenue.
Then take a haircut
What we expectTaken off, if we are wrong
₹1.9L
effort · 19 person-days × ₹10,000
₹0.8L
smaller version V1 · 8 person-days
Fig. 1 · A founder’s question, a rupee impact estimate and a haircut for being wrongIllustrative
02Tested betAre we solving the right problem, at the right size, and how will we know?Case Week 14 lessonsYou make: Three versions and a test plan locked before launch
You make: Three versions and a test plan locked before launch
2.1How strategy becomes your briefKeep: Product Bet One-Pager
2.2Find the problem before you design itKeep: Discovery Readout
2.3Scope it so it shipsKeep: Scope Options Sheet and a decision record
2.4Decide what would change your mindKeep: Pre-registered Test Plan
Notion/Test plan
Day-21 decision
Written before launch. The bar is fixed before anyone sees a result.
Below 7.0%
Keep the control
7.0 to 7.9%
Founder and PM decide, in writing
8.0% and up
Success: ship V2
8.0%
6.0% baseline
9.0% target
Guardrail breach (checkout completion or refunds) pauses the test.
≈ 4,400
per arm to detect +1.5 pts
≈ 17,500
per arm in this test, powered
Fig. 2 · The day-21 decision table with sample sizeIllustrative
Notion/Test plan
Day-21 decision
Written before launch. The bar is fixed before anyone sees a result.
Below 7.0%
Keep the control
7.0 to 7.9%
Founder and PM decide, in writing
8.0% and up
Success: ship V2
8.0%
6.0% baseline
9.0% target
Guardrail breach (checkout completion or refunds) pauses the test.
≈ 4,400
per arm to detect +1.5 pts
≈ 17,500
per arm in this test, powered
Fig. 2 · The day-21 decision table with sample sizeIllustrative
03Delivery planHow does a designer run the work, not just do it?Case Weeks 2 to 44 lessonsYou make: Scope, a two-track sprint, a review kit and a stakeholder plan
You make: Scope, a two-track sprint, a review kit and a stakeholder plan
3.1Run the project, not just the designKeep: Scope summary, 14-day plan and handoff pack
3.2Agile, without the chaosKeep: Two-track plan for your own sprint
3.3Run reviews that improve the designKeep: Five-phase review plan and readback
3.4Stakeholders, and no surprisesKeep: Stakeholder map, upward brief and preview
Linear/Sprint plan
Two tracks, one sprint
Discovery
The next brief, one sprint ahead
Build · V2
12 days of work
Buffer
Study data · Nandini · Day 3 Theme variables · Imran · Day 5 Live · Week 6
The 45-minute review
5
10
5
20
5
Context
Walkthrough
Silent review
Feedback
Readback
Fig. 3 · A two-track sprint plan and the 45-minute reviewIllustrative
Linear/Sprint plan
Two tracks, one sprint
Discovery
The next brief, one sprint ahead
Build · V2
12 days of work
Buffer
Study data · Nandini · Day 3 Theme variables · Imran · Day 5 Live · Week 6
The 45-minute review
5
10
5
20
5
Context
Walkthrough
Silent review
Feedback
Readback
Fig. 3 · A two-track sprint plan and the 45-minute reviewIllustrative
04Foundations planWhat would make the next project cheaper than this one?Case Weeks 6 to 84 lessonsYou make: System health, a friction map, principles and partners
You make: System health, a friction map, principles and partners
4.1Design systems as a productKeep: Design System Health Report
4.2DesignOps is capacity you get backKeep: DesignOps Friction Map
4.3Principles that end argumentsKeep: Three principles, an RFC and a decision-log entry
4.4From service provider to strategic partnerKeep: Partnership Plan and a draft impact summary
Figma/System health
Design system health
Stage: ScatteredScaled
Token debt
87
untokenised values
None of them are variables.
Known
41
19
27
colour
font size
spacing
Breaks even if it saves 4.5 days on each of the next four projects
18 person-days
≈ ₹1.8L
=
4.5
days
4.5
days
4.5
days
4.5
days
A bar to clear, not a promised saving.Target
Fig. 4 · Design system health: token debt and a break-even barIllustrative
Figma/System health
Design system health
Stage: ScatteredScaled
Token debt
87
untokenised values
None of them are variables.
Known
41
19
27
colour
font size
spacing
Breaks even if it saves 4.5 days on each of the next four projects
18 person-days
≈ ₹1.8L
=
4.5
days
4.5
days
4.5
days
4.5
days
A bar to clear, not a promised saving.Target
Fig. 4 · Design system health: token debt and a break-even barIllustrative
05Career FileWhat did this project earn you, and what do you do with it?Case Week 124 lessonsYou make: A Path Declaration, Influence Map, Case Study Draft and Negotiation Brief
You make: A Path Declaration, Influence Map, Case Study Draft and Negotiation Brief
5.1Choose your ladder on purposeKeep: Path Declaration and a 90-day plan
5.2Leading without a titleKeep: Influence Map and one no-permission initiative
5.3Portfolio and brand, built on outcomesKeep: Case Study Draft and a positioning statement
5.4Negotiate from a stronger positionKeep: Negotiation Brief and an Impact Summary
Notion/Career File
PathInfluenceCase studyNegotiation
Case study draft
6.0%
8.2%
Measured
+2.2 pts on add-to-cart, PDP to ATC. 95% interval +1.7 to +2.7.
6.0%8% bar8.4% forecast9% target
Clears the 8% bar.Misses the 8.4% forecast and the 9% target.
Not yet
90-day repeat reads in Q4
₹28L
offer, about 18% below the ₹34L median
Fig. 5 · A case study draft with a measured result and a negotiation offerIllustrative
Notion/Career File
PathInfluenceCase studyNegotiation
Case study draft
6.0%
8.2%
Measured
+2.2 pts on add-to-cart, PDP to ATC. 95% interval +1.7 to +2.7.
6.0%8% bar8.4% forecast9% target
Clears the 8% bar.Misses the 8.4% forecast and the 9% target.
Not yet
90-day repeat reads in Q4
₹28L
offer, about 18% below the ₹34L median
Fig. 5 · A case study draft with a measured result and a negotiation offerIllustrative

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A certificate you earn. A record that keeps growing.

See what you’ve completed, check what you understand, and know what to work on next. Certified on reasoning, not attendance.

Your live report cardIllustrative
  1. Building
  2. Ready for Review
  3. Opportunity Ready
Course progress17 / 20
Knowledge checks24 / 30
Certification assessment32 / 40
Learning consistency8 / 10
Next useful stepRevisit the ideas you missed in your knowledge checks.

Example figures, not a real learner record. A stage, never a public score.

  • A stage, not a score.Your stage is yours. Employers only see it when you say yes.
  • Evidence, not attendance.Progress comes from checks and an assessment, not time logged.
  • Always one next move.Every report ends with the single most useful thing to do next.
Illustrative
Certificate of achievement

Good thinking.
Demonstrated.

Presented to
Your name here
  • Find the right problem
  • Make decisions you can explain
  • See the bigger product
Certified
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Credential ID · Date issued
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  3. 03Earn your GoodScool certification.
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Most courses. This one.

Where the course makes a different choice, side by side.

Most coursesProduct Designer’s Mini MBA
“Speak the language of business” as advice
You do the arithmetic: P&L, unit economics, ROI on gross profit and payback in days, in rupees
Generic MBA frameworks with no design work attached
Every framework applied to one designer’s project, with an artefact at the end of each lesson
A new toy example every lesson
One company and one quarter for twenty lessons, with the result held back until Week 12
A/B testing as “run it, read the result”
A success bar, guardrails, sample size and a decision table written before launch
Soft-skills lessons on stakeholder management
Power–interest maps, 48-hour previews, review triage, RFCs and decision logs, each with a working tool
AI tips and prompt lists
77 prompts tied to artefacts, with the AI’s mistakes shown and the checks that catch them
Western context and dollars
Indian D2C economics: rupees, lakh and crore, COD, paid-social CAC and CTC

One mentor. Four ways to think with you.

You’re not learning alone.

COCO reads the lesson you’re on, then meets you in the mood the moment needs. It can be wrong, and it says so when it is unsure.

  • 1COCO, inside every lesson
  • 2The Mentor Desk
  • 3Live office hours9am to 5pm IST

Mentorship levels 1 to 3 come with your course.

01 · LearnUnhurried.
02 · ExplainNever lets a “why” slide.
03 · CritiqueHard to impress. On purpose.
04 · DrillMakes it stick.
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Anjali Rana

Growth & Business · GoodScool

Good design. Real business sense.

Looks beyond the interface to decisions, growth and value.

Straight answers.

Is this for beginners?

No. It assumes you can already produce good interface work, and it is not a Figma or UI craft course.

Does it only work for D2C?

The running case is a D2C skincare brand, but every lesson has an “Outside the case” example on a different company, and every workspace has a product-model picker for SaaS, marketplace and other models.

What will I leave with?

Five working artefacts built on your own product: a business case, a tested bet, a delivery plan, a foundations plan and a Career File.

Do I need access to my company’s data?

It helps, but it is not required. Every exercise has a fallback for learners without data access: “Unknown is an answer.”

How is AI used?

Each module has a prompt library. 77 prompts in all, each tied to an artefact, with the AI’s mistakes shown in the open and the checks that catch them.

Does my work save?

Yes, in your browser. You can export or print it.

The course ends. Your quarter starts.

Five modules, five artefacts, one quarter. Start today and go at your own pace.

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