Certified Business Growth Advisor™

Become a Certified Business Growth Advisor (CBGA)

Elevate Your Career with a Credential Built for Business Growth Execution

The Certified Business Growth Advisor™ (CBGA) from the Institute of Business Advisors (IBA) equips you to turn strategy into results. If you advise clients—or operate inside a company—and want to drive measurable revenue and value creation, CBGA gives you the playbooks, tools, and confidence to lead growth.

    Why Choose the CBGA Certification?
  • Do growth, not buzzwords: Learn pricing & packaging, GTM plays, KPI trees/OKRs, and 90-day execution sprints that move the needle.
  • Advisor + operator friendly: Designed for consultants and in-house leaders who translate ideas into impact
  • Practical, on-demand training.: Built from real-world cases and tools you can deploy immediately
  • Stackable credential: CBGA can count toward CCGA (Certified Corporate Growth Advisor)—your next step into enterprise-scale growth.
    What You’ll Learn (Core Modules)
  1. Finding Growth: Market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM), segmentation, ICP/JTBD, opportunity mapping.
  2. Designing Value: Product/offer strategy, value proposition, pricing & packaging tests.
  3. Routes to Market: Sales motions, channel strategy, demand plays, pipeline design.
  4. Unit Economics & KPI Trees: LTV/CAC, payback, waterfall math, KPI trees, OKRs.
  5. Execution System: 90-day growth plans, experiment design, cadence, change tactics.
  6. Capstone (Board-Ready): A 12–15-slide Growth Thesis plus a 90-day plan with KPIs, ROI, and owner assignments.
    Who Should Enroll?
  • Consultants & Business Advisors: seeking a repeatable growth toolkit.
  • Corporate Operators & Leaders: (finance, strategy, RevOps, product, GM/P&L) who must deliver outcomes fast.
  • PE/Portfolio Support & Value-Creation Teams: aligning initiatives to ROI and exit timelines.
  • Rising Professionals: ready to expand beyond a technical niche into strategic, cross-functional impact.

Your Path to Certification

To earn the CBGA designation, candidates complete a blend of on-demand courses and applied work through IBA’s LMS:

  1. Complete the CBGA Core: Finish 6 CBGA modules (on-demand, self-paced) and score 70%+ on each quiz.
  2. Add Electives: Choose 4 additional IBA business-related courses that support your growth thesis.
  3. Submit the Capstone: Present a Growth Thesis + 90-day plan (rubric-graded).
  4. Maintain Membership: Keep active IBA membership in good standing.

Estimated time to complete: ~16–20 hours (typical).

    Investment & Pricing

    To keep parity with your other advanced designations, CBGA follows a simple two-phase structure:

  • Phase 1 – $199: Join IBA (membership) to unlock all online courses and your learning dashboard.
  • Phase 2 – $300 : Upon completion and capstone approval, pay the balance to initiate delivery of your personalized CBGA Certificate.

Total: $499
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Take Action and Lead with Growth

Don’t just talk strategy—execute it. The CBGA certification gives you the frameworks, metrics, and operating cadence to deliver measurable results.

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✅In Summary: How to Get Your CBGA Certification

  1. Join the IBA & Pay $199: Get immediate access to all CBGA modules and your learning dashboard.
  2. Complete Courses & Capstone : Finish 6 core modules + 4 electives, score 70%+ on quizzes, submit the Growth Thesis & 90-day plan.
  3. Submit Transcript & Pay Final $300: Email your transcript/capstone; after review, complete the final payment to receive your official CBGA Certificate.
Become a Certified Business Growth Advisor (CBGA)

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