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Paths, categories, and the Strategy Map: three views of one library
Categories are the shelves, paths are guided routes across them, and the Strategy Map shows how the ideas connect, plus how Build Your Own Path works.
Categories: the shelves
Categories organize the full library by subject: 21 of them, from unit economics through corporate finance. Explore Topics lays them all out, filterable by difficulty, time, and topic, and every category is sequenced so lesson 1 is the right place to begin.
Use categories when you want depth in one subject or just want to browse what exists.
Paths: routes across the shelves
A learning path cuts across categories to serve a goal: understanding equity, buying a business, building foundations. Each path sequences lessons, tools, and case studies so you always know the next step.
Prerequisites in a path are suggestions, not locks. You can start anywhere, and the path tracks whatever you complete, including chapters you finished from Explore before you ever joined the path.
The Strategy Map: the ideas, connected
The Strategy Map draws the curriculum as a concept map: chains of related ideas you can pan, zoom, search, and filter. Select any concept to see its lesson, or highlight a learning path to see which concepts it touches.
You can also build your own clusters: pick concepts you want to keep together, save the cluster, and it waits for you in Saved under the Clusters tab. Use the map when you want to see how things relate rather than read the next thing.
Build Your Own Path
From the Learning Paths page you can build a personal route instead of picking a curated one. Answer eight questions (goal, business type, risk preference, capital range, experience, weekly time, learning style, and what you want to avoid) and Corlova assembles a three-stage route of matching lessons from the catalog. Change any answer and regenerate as often as you like.
One honest note, stated on the page itself: today the builder assembles your route with straightforward rules. Treat it as a solid starting point you can reshape, not a verdict.