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CEOBAL Academy · Licensing

Monetise executive IP without delivering every seat.

Licensing lets CEOBAL earn from curriculum, assessments, learning architecture, technology and brand assets through institutions and approved partners.

€25K+

Content Licence

Use selected CEOBAL curriculum, tools and assessments inside an institution's existing learning environment.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Defined curriculum library
  • Usage rights for agreed audience
  • Updates during licence term where contracted
  • Reporting and brand-use terms

Example applications

  • Employer LMS
  • University executive programme
  • Association member learning

Commercial / delivery note

Licence fee is separate from content customisation, migration, localisation and new-course build fees.

€50K+

White-label Academy

Deploy a branded or co-branded executive academy using defined CEOBAL content and platform components.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Client-branded learning environment
  • Selected CEOBAL curriculum
  • Configured pathways and reporting
  • Optional custom domain and communications

Example applications

  • Bank leadership academy
  • University executive academy
  • Professional association academy

Commercial / delivery note

Requires implementation/scoping. Setup may include branding, portal configuration, content mapping and custom-course build before annual licensing.

€75K+

Delivery Licence

Approved partner delivers CEOBAL programmes under quality, territory and commercial controls.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Facilitator materials
  • Train-the-trainer/onboarding
  • Delivery standards
  • Quality assurance and audit rights

Example applications

  • Training company delivering CEOBAL programmes
  • Country partner
  • Consultancy partner

Commercial / delivery note

Partner onboarding, certification and territory/customisation can carry separate setup fees.

€100K+

Institutional Licence

Multi-programme annual licence for universities, associations, consultancies or large employers.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Multi-programme access
  • Large-user rights
  • Admin reporting
  • Optional certificate and assessment components

Example applications

  • University
  • Large employer
  • Government academy

Commercial / delivery note

Complex institutional deployments usually include scoping, implementation and annual platform/licence components.

Custom

Territory Partnership

Defined geographic commercial rights with minimum commitments, localisation and reporting.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Defined market/territory rights
  • Local go-to-market plan
  • Quality and brand standards
  • Commercial reporting

Example applications

  • Country operator
  • Regional training group
  • Exclusive vertical partner

Commercial / delivery note

Requires due diligence, territory business plan and commercial/legal scoping before launch.

Usage

Per-seat / Royalty Model

Combine annual licence fees with per-user, per-cohort or revenue-share economics.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Full scope

  • Usage metering
  • Seat or cohort reporting
  • Royalty/revenue-share rules
  • Minimum commitments where applicable

Example applications

  • Partner-led cohorts
  • Employer seat purchases
  • Platform distribution

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation and integration fees may apply before usage-based economics begin.

Illustrative commercial architecture only. Any licence would require a written agreement covering IP, territory, term, quality, brand, data, payment, termination and audit rights.

What can be licensed

Package the intellectual property deliberately.

Curriculum

Modules, lessons, cases, readings, templates and facilitator materials.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Curriculum: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Assessments

Diagnostic instruments, scoring frameworks, rubrics and reporting logic.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Assessments: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Certificates

Defined CEOBAL-issued completion pathways where contractually permitted.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Certificates: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Facilitator Guides

Delivery plans, session structures and quality standards for approved partners.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Facilitator Guides: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Portal Architecture

Branded learning journeys, dashboards and enterprise reporting components.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Portal Architecture: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Research Products

Selected reports, benchmarks and executive intelligence under defined usage rights.

Open full detail, examples & commercial setup

Licence detail

  • Research Products: defined IP package
  • Usage rights
  • Quality standards
  • Reporting and renewal terms

Example applications

  • Institutional licence
  • White-label deployment
  • Partner delivery

Commercial / delivery note

Implementation, localisation and course-build fees can be separate from recurring licence economics.

Bespoke design & setup revenue

Custom Academy work has a separate scoping and build fee.

CEOBAL should not give away curriculum design, solution architecture or platform setup inside the delivery price. When a client wants something bespoke, the discovery, design and build work becomes a paid product in its own right.

€1,500–€5,000+ proposed

Discovery & Scoping

Stakeholder interviews, problem definition, audience analysis, outcomes, constraints, delivery model and commercial blueprint.

What the client receives
  • Scoping workshop or interviews
  • Audience and capability definition
  • Recommended learning architecture
  • Indicative programme map and implementation assumptions
  • Written scope for approval before build

This fee can stand alone and protects CEOBAL from doing substantial pre-sales design work for free.

€2,500–€7,500+ proposed

Programme Blueprint

Detailed syllabus, module map, outcomes, assessments, activities, resources, faculty requirements and production specification.

Typical blueprint components
  • Module-by-module curriculum
  • Learning outcomes and assessment logic
  • Case/exercise specification
  • Digital vs live delivery design
  • Production and faculty plan

Useful when a client wants the design first and decides separately whether CEOBAL should produce/deliver it.

€7,500–€30,000+ / course proposed

Full Bespoke Course Build

Creation of a new client-specific executive course including content, exercises, templates, assessments and digital assets.

What drives the fee
  • Number and length of modules
  • Research and subject-matter depth
  • Video or multimedia production
  • Custom assessments, cases and simulations
  • Review and approval rounds

Specialist faculty, filming, translation, travel and third-party licences can be priced separately.

€20,000–€100,000+ proposed

Multi-Programme Academy Setup

Architecture and build of a wider leadership academy spanning several pathways, roles, programmes and reporting needs.

Example

A company might commission CEO, future-C-suite, regional-leader and board-readiness pathways with shared diagnostics and an annual progression model.

This setup fee is separate from annual licences, seats, live delivery and ongoing support.

€5,000–€30,000+ proposed

Portal / Tenant Configuration

Branding, user roles, pathways, content mapping, reporting, onboarding flows and enterprise learning-environment setup.

Possible additions
  • Custom domain or branded tenant
  • SSO/integration discovery
  • Role-based dashboards
  • Manager reporting views
  • Custom onboarding communications
Quoted separately

Localisation, Updates & Change Requests

Translation, country adaptation, client-specific cases, regulatory/context updates and changes outside the agreed baseline scope.

Why this matters

A course built once can become a recurring asset, but every new market, language or major client-specific revision consumes production capacity. CEOBAL should monetise that work rather than absorb it.

Commercial rule: setup/build fees are separate from recurring licence fees, per-seat fees, memberships, assessments, live faculty delivery, travel, events and ongoing support. Prices shown are proposed starting architecture and should be confirmed in a written scope before work begins. VAT applies where required.
Commercial FAQs

How bespoke Academy work is priced.

Is the scoping fee the same as the course fee?

No. Scoping pays for discovery, problem definition and solution design. Course-build fees pay for creating the actual curriculum and assets. Delivery, seats, licences, assessments and support can then be priced separately.

Why charge separately to build a bespoke course?

Because a custom executive course can require research, curriculum design, SME/faculty input, case development, assessment design, templates, editing, production and review. Treating all of that as free pre-sales work destroys margin and makes custom projects difficult to scale.

Can a client buy the blueprint without commissioning the full build?

Yes. CEOBAL can sell a paid blueprint/discovery engagement first. The client can then decide whether to commission CEOBAL for production and delivery.

Can setup fees be credited against a larger contract?

Potentially, if commercially sensible and stated in the proposal. For example, CEOBAL could credit part of a scoping fee against a sufficiently large annual Academy contract without presenting the original design work as free.

What happens when a client changes the agreed scope?

Material changes should move through change control. New modules, additional countries, translations, extra integrations, new assessments, more review rounds or major content revisions can be quoted separately.