Early bird · Courses in production

Half the price now. The finished course on completion.

Every specialist course can be bought while it is still in production — at about half its launch price (the exact discount sits on every price panel before you pay), with the planned completion date stated before you pay, and a full refund available at any moment until the course is released.

Early bird exists only while a course is unfinished. On release it moves to full price — though a deadline already printed on a price panel is honoured through its date, so a course that releases mid-window keeps its early-bird price until that day. After that the offer is simply gone. Each price panel shows its own end date; that date is the only thing there is to miss.

  • About half the launch price
  • Completion date stated up front
  • Full refund until release
How it works

Three steps, nothing hidden.

  1. Pick a course in production. Its production stage is on the cards below and on its own course page — and its early-bird offer states the planned completion date before you pay.
  2. Enrol at about half the launch price. The exact discount sits on each price panel — most are 50% off, some round to 49% — and it is locked in at purchase. The offer also names the platform where you will purchase and watch, so there are no surprises at release.
  3. Get the finished course — or your money back. When production completes, the full course lands in your account. Until that moment, one email refunds you in full. No questions, no forms, no deadline tricks.
Why it exists

Why sell a course before it is finished?

Trust is repaid in price

Enrolling before release means trusting the content on the strength of what is already published here. That trust deserves the lowest price this catalogue offers — half the launch price for your region, locked at purchase. No later public promotion goes lower: the early bird is the deepest level in the pricebook.

First students shape the course

Early-bird students are in the room while the course is still being recorded. Your questions and feedback arrive in time to change lessons, not after they are frozen — so the course you helped shape is better, for you and for everyone after you.

Your enrolment sets the priority

The specializations are produced in parallel, and early-bird enrolments are the clearest signal of what to finish first. Buying early is a vote: the courses people have already paid for move to the front of the production queue.

Specialist depth on a personal budget

Deep-dive engineering training is usually priced for corporate training budgets. Early bird puts each specialization within reach of one person paying for their own development — which is exactly who these courses are for. Why the prices can work this way.

Why this is safe

The refund is the guarantee — and it holds until release.

Nothing is locked

Any time before the course releases, one email to sergey@bess.courses returns the full amount. Not a credit, not a partial refund — everything back.

A slipping date frees you, it does not trap you

The refund right runs until actual release, not until the originally stated date. If production runs long, you decide: keep the early-bird price, or take the money back.

Production happens in the open

The stage each course is really at is on the cards below, and the curriculum you are buying is published in full on each course page before checkout ever opens. Some of it can still change as the course is finished.

You know exactly who builds it

Sergey Syrvachev writes and records every course — the same person, start to finish, with no ghostwriters and no rotating instructors. The released Complete Guide stands at 2,500+ students and 4.6/5 from 500+ public Udemy ratings — and you can check both: what buyers wrote about it, and the released course itself.

What early bird is not: it is not early access. The course arrives complete, not as a drip of unfinished sections — until it is finished, the honest offer is the discount and the exit, not a preview.

Not yet released

The 3 courses early bird applies to.

Full descriptions and curricula are on each course page — along with the early-bird price, the planned completion date and the platform.

How a Battery Gets Paid has already released — a released course leaves this list, and the early-bird deadline printed on its price panel is honoured through its date.

  • In production Engineering deep dive

    BESS Engineering Foundations

    The engineering layer: DC and AC fundamentals, the battery operating window, degradation and efficiency.

    11 modules · 99 lessons · ~5h

    Course page & full curriculum
  • In production Engineering deep dive

    Fire Safety for BESS

    UL 9540A and NFPA 855, thermal runaway, explosion protection, hazard analysis and four incidents.

    12 modules · 39 lessons · 3h 45m

    Course page & full curriculum
  • In production Project management deep dive

    BESS Warranties, LTSA & Performance Testing

    Capacity, RTE and availability guarantees; LTSA and O&M scopes; and the tests that protect operation.

    13 modules · 49 lessons · 4h

    Course page & full curriculum

Early-bird checkout is open.

Every in-production course is selling at its early-bird price right now — buy on the course page, refundable in full until release.

Early-bird questions

Asked before you ask.

How does the refund work?

One email to sergey@bess.courses at any time before the course is released — you get the full amount back, no questions, no forms. After release the course is delivered to your account and normal purchase terms take over.

I bought the bundle — does this apply to me?

The bundle carries its own term instead: a full refund on the whole bundle any time until September 30, 2026, whether or not each course inside it has been released. The mechanism is the same — one email to sergey@bess.courses, no questions and no forms.

What if the completion date slips?

Your refund right does not expire with the original date — it runs until the course actually releases. If a date moves, you choose: keep your seat at the early-bird price, or take the full refund. A moving deadline never locks your money.

What exactly am I buying?

The complete course, delivered when production finishes — at about half its launch price, locked in at the exact amount the price panel shows when you buy. The course arrives complete, not as a drip of unfinished sections.

Where will I purchase and watch it?

Every specialist course sells on bess.courses and streams in your classroom at learn.bess.courses — each course page confirms it. The released Complete Guide runs on Udemy today; each specialist course names its platform on its own page.

Does early bird apply to the Complete Guide?

No. The Complete Guide is already released and enrols on Udemy at its regular pricing. Early bird exists only for courses still in production.

When does early-bird checkout open?

Per course — and for every course sold here it is already open: buy directly on the course page. Any future course will announce its opening the same way.

Ready when you are

Half the price, and an exit at any point until release.

Early-bird checkout is open. Each course page carries its price, its planned completion date and its platform.

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