Graduate Business Development Program
Start your business development career with Leadee
A 60-day guided training program led by founder Khalil Ahmed. You learn research, outreach, qualification and reporting the way Leadee runs them, and you keep a portfolio of your work.
Leadee's Graduate Business Development Program is a 60-day guided training program led by founder Khalil Ahmed. Trainees learn market research, data, messaging, outreach across email, LinkedIn, phone and WhatsApp, qualification and reporting, and keep a portfolio of their work. It is a training program. It is not an offer of employment, a stipend or a placement promise.
Updated November 2026What do you do, and what do you learn?
Each learning day has a session with Khalil, guided practice, independent work and a review. He checks one piece of your work every day and gives you one correction.
Research markets and buyers
Prepare sector briefs, define an ideal customer profile and rank accounts, with a source for every claim.
Work with data properly
Audit lists for source, duplicates and missing fields, and check that each contact matches the role you want to reach.
Write messages people answer
Turn research into short, specific emails and LinkedIn notes tied to account context you can verify. No hype and no unsupported claims.
Run outreach the right way
Learn sending infrastructure, deliverability, opt-outs and channel choice across email, LinkedIn, phone and WhatsApp. LinkedIn work is manual. Prohibited bots are not used.
Qualify and hand over
Practice discovery, objection handling and BANT, leave unknowns as unknown, then deliver a complete handover to a closer.
Measure and improve
Calculate funnel rates, design a one-variable test, diagnose a weak campaign and choose one change to make.
Three steps to day 1
- Step 1
Send the form
Fill in the application form on this page with your contact details and a short note on why you want to learn business development.
- Step 2
We review your application
We review applications for the next cohort and contact you using the details you gave.
- Step 3
Start on day 1
The program opens with its goals, role boundaries, ethics and a baseline role-play, so you know where you stand before the training starts.
Apply for the Graduate Business Development Program
Questions about the program
Is the program a job?
No. It is a guided training program, not an offer of employment, a stipend or a placement promise. Graduate outcomes are based on the skills you demonstrate.
How much time does it take?
The program runs for 60 learning days at 4 to 6 hours a day. Calendar breaks are set for each cohort.
Will I work on live campaigns?
Only after the account, message, tool, legal and privacy, and domain checks pass. Before that, you work on masked or synthetic exercises.
How is my progress assessed?
There is a formal review every tenth learning day, with observed work and feedback. Day 60 is a graduation review with a plan for your next 30 days.
What do I leave with?
A portfolio of your own briefs, copy, call notes, dashboards and retrospectives, and a competency rubric signed by Khalil that shows your gaps and a practice plan.
Want a steady flow of qualified meetings with the buyers you want?
Book a 15-minute growth audit. You leave with three next steps for outbound, AI search and your website, whether or not we work with you.