Where online business
meets real
learning
Mebnados is a seminar platform built for people who want to understand online business deeply — not just follow trends, but actually think through problems with others who care about the same things.
How this started
Mebnados grew out of a simple frustration: most online business education either stays too abstract or jumps straight to tactics without context. The seminars here sit in the middle — structured enough to be useful, open enough for real conversation.
Each session brings together participants from different industries and backgrounds. Someone running a small e-commerce operation in Warsaw might be in the same discussion as a consultant from Nairobi or a product designer from Seoul. That mix is intentional — the cross-context perspective is often where the most useful insights come from.
The format is built around analysis and exchange, not passive watching. Participants read material beforehand, come with questions, and work through scenarios together. It takes more effort, and that's the point.
Sessions run in small cohorts — typically 12 to 18 participants — so there's enough diversity to generate genuine disagreement, but not so many voices that discussion becomes noise.
All sessions are conducted in English and scheduled across multiple time zones.
"The discussion after the case study was more useful than anything I'd read in three months. People pushed back on assumptions I didn't know I was making."
— Participant, Q1 cohortThree things we won't compromise on
These aren't aspirational statements. They're the decisions that shape what gets built and what gets cut.
Depth over volume
Fewer topics, covered properly. A seminar on pricing strategy should leave participants with a framework they can actually apply — not a list of things to google later.
Peer-driven learning
The facilitator sets the structure. The participants drive the value. Sessions are designed so that what someone brings from their own experience is as important as the prepared material.
Practical application
Every session ends with something actionable. Not a vague takeaway, but a specific decision, question, or experiment a participant can take into their actual work the following week.
The people behind it
A small team with varied backgrounds — which helps when the goal is building something for people across very different business contexts.
- All facilitators have run or advised real businesses, not just studied them
- Curriculum is reviewed after every cohort — not on a fixed annual schedule
- Participant feedback shapes what topics get developed next
Orla Fennelly
Programme Director
Spent eight years working with early-stage digital businesses across Europe before moving into education. Designs the seminar structure and cohort composition.
Tariq Balouza
Lead Facilitator
Background in operations and supply chain, with experience across three continents. Runs the business model and pricing seminars.
Sigrid Vanhanen
Participant Experience
Handles cohort onboarding, session logistics, and the feedback process that feeds back into programme development.
Kwame Asiedu
Research & Content
Sources the case studies and frameworks used across sessions. Focuses on finding examples that hold up under real scrutiny rather than just illustrating a point neatly.
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