Small business courses can help you learn financial management, marketing strategies, customer service techniques, and operational efficiency. You can build skills in budgeting, social media marketing, and effective communication with clients and suppliers. Many courses introduce tools like QuickBooks for accounting, Canva for marketing materials, and CRM software for managing customer relationships, showing how these skills can streamline operations and enhance business growth.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Organizational Change, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Project Closure, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Entrepreneurship, Data Governance, Financial Auditing, Generative AI, Supply And Demand, Statistical Inference
Credit offered
Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

IESE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Capital Budgeting, Portfolio Management, Investments, Return On Investment, Cost Estimation, Portfolio Risk, Business Valuation, Capital Markets, Risk Management, Correlation Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Sales Strategy, Price Negotiation, Customer Retention, Product Strategy, Upselling, Coaching, Case Studies, E-Commerce, Customer Relationship Building, Service Design
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Data Transformation, Microsoft Excel, Sampling (Statistics), Data Cleansing, Statistical Visualization, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Integration, Data Import/Export, Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Productivity Software
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Project Design, Project Coordination, Decision Making, Agile Methodology, Stakeholder Engagement, Waterfall Methodology, Project Management, Agile Project Management, Project Planning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Inventory Management, Inventory Control Systems, Inventory Control, Inventory Management System, Inventory Accounting, Reconciliation, Record Keeping, Data Integrity, Variance Analysis, Purchasing, Procurement, Kanban Principles
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Database Design, Database Administration, Apache Hadoop, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Relational Databases, Linux Commands, SQL, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Store, Generative AI, Professional Networking, Data Import/Export, Python Programming, Data Analysis, Data Science
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurship, Value Propositions, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Business Development, Business Modeling, Market Opportunities, Team Building, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, Resource Management, Customer Analysis, Leadership
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Creo Incubator
Skills you'll gain: Time Management, Productivity, Professional Networking, Relationship Building, Prioritization, Professional Development, Goal Setting, Personal Development, Resilience, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Reconciliation, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Billing, Billing & Invoicing, Invoicing, Spreadsheet Software, Vendor Relationship Management, QuickBooks (Accounting Software), Fraud detection, Financial Controls, Auditing, Vendor Management, Internal Controls, Payment Processing, Cash Management, Document Management, Financial Reporting, Transaction Processing, Cash Flows
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

AI CERTs
Skills you'll gain: Policy Development, Cyber Governance, Governance, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Data Governance, Public Policies, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Policy Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Business Ethics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Impact, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Business Economics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Campaign Management, Copywriting, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Email Automation, Personally Identifiable Information, Digital Marketing, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, HubSpot CRM, Marketing Analytics, Promotional Strategies, Data Ethics, A/B Testing, Smart Goals, Customer Retention, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Goal Setting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months