Business model courses can help you learn value proposition design, revenue streams, customer segmentation, and competitive analysis. You can build skills in crafting business strategies, financial forecasting, and operational planning. Many courses introduce tools like the Business Model Canvas and SWOT analysis, which can aid in visualizing and refining your business ideas. You'll also explore methods for testing assumptions and iterating on your models to ensure they align with market needs.

Skills you'll gain: Customer Success Management, Crisis Management, Customer Relationship Building, Customer Retention, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Data Management, Employee Onboarding, Customer experience improvement, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Performance Metric, Business Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Account Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Operational Excellence, Product Knowledge, Customer Insights, Smart Goals
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Ledgers (Accounting), Small Business Accounting, Accounts Payable, Sales Tax
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Customer Communications Management, Digital Communications
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Salesforce
Skills you'll gain: Overcoming Objections, Prospecting and Qualification, Customer Relationship Management, Lead Generation, Sales Development, Time Management, Business Writing, Salesforce, Writing, Productivity, Cold Calling, Sales Prospecting, Growth Mindedness, Verbal Communication Skills, Cultural Diversity, Sales Enablement, Empathy, Interviewing Skills, Professional Development, Sales
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, Marketing Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Marketing Materials, Brand Awareness, Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Branding, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Analytics, AI Workflows, Large Language Modeling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Communications, Discussion Facilitation, Strategic Communication, Project Coordination, Stakeholder Engagement, Analysis, Project Scoping, Process Mapping
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Content Creation, Content Marketing, Persona Development, Content Strategy, Ideation, Copywriting, Needs Assessment, Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Project Controls, Risk Management Framework, Leadership and Management, Verification And Validation, Project Management Life Cycle, AI Workflows, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Performance Measurement, Variance Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: User Story, Quality Assurance, Jira (Software), Agile Methodology, Verification And Validation, Product Quality (QA/QC), Quality Assessment, Agile Project Management, Sprint Planning, Workflow Management, Project Estimation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Case Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Sales Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Sales Presentation, Sales Training, Initiative and Leadership, Resilience, Case Studies, Stress Management, Consumer Behaviour, Persistence, Trustworthiness, Customer Analysis, Business Ethics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Self-Motivation, Composure, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Adaptability, Customer Retention
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Columbia University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Derivatives, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Capital Markets, Futures Exchange, Equities, Financial Modeling, Probability, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Probability Distribution, Cash Flows
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months