Clarity Academy

Self-paced courses for beginners

Get confident with the topics everyone’s talking about

Short, self-paced courses that explain today’s tools in plain language. Short modules, everyday examples and real-life practice, so you can make good decisions and ask for exactly what you need.

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48courses
8learning paths
288modules ready
15 minper module

Learning paths

Not sure where to start? Follow a path

Each path is a short set of courses in a sensible order. Pick the one that matches where you are today.

Tech Basics for Everyone

For anyone who works with websites, software or AI tools

Understand the tech your business runs on, so you can brief people well and spot problems early.

  1. AI for Everyone
  2. SEO for Everyone
  3. Web Security for Everyone
  4. DevOps for Everyone
4 courses24 modulesabout 6 hours
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Start Your Services Business

For new freelancers and small studios

Win your first clients, deliver well, keep the books straight and get found online.

  1. Win Your First Clients
  2. Deliver and Keep Clients
  3. Money, Tax and Legal in Malaysia
  4. Marketing and SEO for Service Businesses
4 courses24 modulesabout 6 hours
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Run a Lean One-Person Company

For solo owners who want less admin

Set up AI helpers, connected systems and simple protections, then plan the year on one page.

  1. Run a One-Person Company with AI
  2. Business Systems for a One-Person Company
  3. Protecting Your Brand, IP and Data
  4. Planning and Running the Business Year
  5. Paying Yourself
  6. Business Continuity for a One-Person Company
6 courses36 modulesabout 9 hours
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Win Bigger Work

For owners ready for larger clients and deals

Write proposals that win, negotiate calmly, pass procurement and build partner pipelines.

  1. Writing Proposals That Win
  2. Negotiation and Sales Conversations
  3. Selling to Bigger Companies
  4. Partnerships and Vendor Programmes
  5. Estimating Software Work
  6. Pre-sales and Solution Design
  7. Case Studies and Portfolio
  8. Selling to Government in Malaysia
8 courses48 modulesabout 12 hours
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Grow and Scale

For businesses moving beyond one person

Add steady income, work with subcontractors, hire well, use grants and serve the region.

  1. Recurring Revenue and Productised Services
  2. Subcontracting for Small IT Firms
  3. Your First Hire
  4. Government Grants and Schemes in Malaysia
  5. Going Regional in Southeast Asia
  6. Selling Training and Workshops
  7. From Services to Product
7 courses42 modulesabout 11 hours
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Partner Products and Services

For IT freelancers who resell or support other vendors’ software

Resell, set up and integrate Microsoft 365, SonarQube, TrueWatch, SAP Business One, SQL Account and AutoCount.

  1. Reselling Microsoft 365
  2. Microsoft 365 Setup as a Service
  3. SonarQube Partnership and Reselling
  4. SonarQube Services
  5. TrueWatch Partnership and Reselling
  6. Observability Services with TrueWatch
  7. Understanding SAP Business One and SAP HANA
  8. SAP Business One Services
  9. SQL Account: Dealer Partnership and Services
  10. SQL Account Integrations
  11. AutoCount: Dealer Partnership and Services
  12. AutoCount Integrations
12 courses72 modulesabout 18 hours
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Logistics and Agile Delivery

For IT freelancers serving logistics clients or running projects

Understand warehouses, e-commerce, cold chain and cross-border logistics, and deliver projects with Scrum.

  1. Logistics Fundamentals
  2. Modern and E-commerce Logistics
  3. Specialised Logistics: Cold Chain, Cross-Border and Automation
  4. Scrum and Agile Delivery
4 courses24 modulesabout 6 hours
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Software Products and AI Agents

For owners shipping their own software or AI agent services

Ship and sell desktop software, and use and sell services around personal AI agents.

  1. Shipping Desktop Software
  2. Personal AI Agents: How They Work
  3. Personal AI Agent Services
3 courses18 modulesabout 5 hours
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Why Clarity Academy

Learning that sticks, without the jargon

Built for busy people who are new to a topic and want to understand it properly.

Plain language

Every idea starts from something familiar, like a mamak order or a pasar malam stall, before any technical words.

Real-life practice

No quizzes. Each module ends with a short task you do with the apps and websites you already use.

Ready to work with AI

Every module shows how to brief an AI tool on the topic, and what to check in its answers.

Course catalogue

All 48 courses

All courses are for beginners. Filter by learning path to narrow the list.

Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

SEO for Everyone

How people find a business on Google, and how to be the one they find.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

AI for Everyone

What AI really does, where it goes wrong, and how to ask it for what you want.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Web Security for Everyone

The OWASP Top 10 in plain words: how websites get attacked, and how to keep yours safe.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

DevOps for Everyone

How good teams update software quickly and safely, in plain words.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Win Your First Clients

How a services business makes money, and how to win your first paying clients.

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Deliver and Keep Clients

Deliver projects so clients pay on time, come back and refer others.

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Money, Tax and Legal in Malaysia

Business structures, clean books, tax duties and cash flow for Malaysian freelancers.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Marketing and SEO for Service Businesses

One dependable way for strangers to find, trust and contact your service business.

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Run a One-Person Company with AI

Run your business like a studio with one human, using SOPs and AI agents.

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Writing Proposals That Win

Write proposals and tender responses that help clients say yes and protect your scope.

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Subcontracting for Small IT Firms

Work as a subcontractor and hire subcontractors without losing money, IP or the client’s trust.

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Your First Hire

Decide when to hire, then hire, pay, onboard and lead your first employee legally and well.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Government Grants and Schemes in Malaysia

Find the Malaysian grants and schemes that fit a small IT or training business, and apply without surprises.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Business Systems for a One-Person Company

Connect your CRM, projects and billing so client and money data flows without re-typing.

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Recurring Revenue and Productised Services

Add retainers, managed services and support plans that turn one-off projects into steady income.

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Protecting Your Brand, IP and Data

Protect your business name, reusable work and the personal data you hold, under Malaysian law.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Selling to Bigger Companies

Get through vendor registration, security reviews and procurement, then grow one project into an account.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Negotiation and Sales Conversations

Handle objections and price pressure calmly, without cutting your rate or the relationship.

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Partnerships and Vendor Programmes

Turn referral partners, agencies and vendor programmes into steady leads while keeping your clients.

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Planning and Running the Business Year

Plan the year on one page, track a few numbers, review quarterly and decide when to go full-time.

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Going Regional in Southeast Asia

Serve clients across Southeast Asia with sound contracts, payments, tax treatment and delivery habits.

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Estimating Software Work

Turn a vague brief into a range, a risk list and a price you won't lose money on.

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Selling to Government in Malaysia

How Malaysian agencies and GLCs buy IT, and how to register, bid and get paid.

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Case Studies and Portfolio

Turn finished projects into honest, permission-cleared proof that wins the next client.

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Pre-sales and Solution Design

Run discovery and design the solution with the client, then get paid for the thinking.

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Paying Yourself

Separate your money from the business, pay yourself steadily and cover your own safety net.

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Selling Training and Workshops

Package what you know into paid corporate training, price it and use HRD Corp where it applies.

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Business Continuity for a One-Person Company

Keep clients safe and work moving when you're sick, a laptop dies or a big client leaves.

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From Services to Product

Turn repeated client work into a template, tool or SaaS, and test demand before you build.

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Reselling Microsoft 365

How Microsoft licence reselling works for a small IT firm, from distributor to renewal.

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Microsoft 365 Setup as a Service

Package Microsoft 365 setup, migration and security into fixed-price services and a monthly plan.

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SonarQube Partnership and Reselling

Become a Sonar partner and resell SonarQube licences to development teams.

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SonarQube Services

Sell SonarQube assessments, CI/CD integration, quality gates, training and a monthly review.

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TrueWatch Partnership and Reselling

Become a TrueWatch partner and resell observability to Malaysian SMEs and software teams.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Observability Services with TrueWatch

Sell observability assessments, implementation, alerting, migration and a managed monthly review.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

Understanding SAP Business One and SAP HANA

Learn how SAP Business One and SAP HANA work so you can support, report on and integrate with them.

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Beginner6 of 6 modules ready1.5 hours total

SAP Business One Services

Sell integrations, reports, HANA moves, add-ons and monthly support to SAP Business One users and partners.

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Logistics Fundamentals

Learn how goods move through warehouses, inventory, transport, customs and logistics systems.

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Modern and E-commerce Logistics

3PL, omnichannel, order management, last mile and returns, and how to sell IT to logistics firms.

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Specialised Logistics: Cold Chain, Cross-Border and Automation

Cold chain, cross-border e-commerce and warehouse automation, and the systems each one needs.

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Scrum and Agile Delivery

Run projects with Scrum: roles, events, backlogs, agile client work and the Scrum Master path.

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SQL Account: Dealer Partnership and Services

Become or work with a SQL Account dealer and sell setup, e-invoicing, training and support.

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SQL Account Integrations

Connect SQL Account to shops, POS, marketplaces and payments, and build reports from its data.

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AutoCount: Dealer Partnership and Services

Become or work with a AutoCount dealer and sell setup, e-invoicing, training and support.

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AutoCount Integrations

Connect AutoCount to shops, POS, marketplaces and payments, and build reports from its data.

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Shipping Desktop Software

Licences, updates, code signing, feedback, analytics and plans for Windows and Mac apps.

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Personal AI Agents: How They Work

How always-on personal agents like OpenClaw, Hermes, Muse and Dots work, and how to use them safely.

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Personal AI Agent Services

Set up, secure, customise and support personal AI agents like OpenClaw and Hermes for clients.

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How it works

Four steps, about 15 minutes

Every module follows the same rhythm, so you always know what comes next.

  1. 1Start with the key ideaOne short sentence that the whole module explains.
  2. 2Work through the slidesEveryday examples first, then work examples. No teacher needed.
  3. 3Practise in real lifeTry it on the apps and websites around you.
  4. 4Tick it offMark it done and pick up where you left off next time.

Questions

Good to know

Who are these courses for?

Anyone new to a topic: business owners, office teams and freelancers. You don’t need any technical background.

What is a learning path?

A short set of courses in a suggested order, for one goal such as starting a business or winning bigger clients. You can still take any course on its own.

How long does a course take?

Each module takes about 15 minutes. You can do one a day, or a whole course over a weekend.

Do I need to follow a schedule?

No. Everything is self-paced. Start, stop and come back whenever you like.

Is my progress saved?

Yes, in the browser you use. If you switch devices, tick off the modules you’ve finished again.

Ready to start learning?

Pick a course and finish your first module in about 15 minutes.

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