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.

Skills you'll gain: Milestones (Project Management), Project Schedules, Project Management, Scheduling, Project Planning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Advertising Campaigns, Legal Risk, Financial Acumen, Cost Benefit Analysis, Deep Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: User Story, Supplier Management, Project Schedules, Project Closure, Engineering Management, Milestones (Project Management), Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Scheduling, Agile Project Management, Scrum (Software Development), Procurement, Quality Management, Team Management, Project Planning, Agile Methodology, Project Scoping, Project Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Communications
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Project Schedules, Scheduling, Stakeholder Communications, Timelines, Dependency Analysis, Milestones (Project Management), Stakeholder Management, Project Management Software, Project Management, Project Planning, Project Coordination, Conflict Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Procurement, Reconciliation, Invoicing, Workflow Management, Auditing, Variance Analysis, Internal Controls, Analysis, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Supplier Quality Management, Quality Control, Supplier Performance Management, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Quality Assurance and Control, Quality Monitoring, Material Handling, Verification And Validation, Compliance Reporting, Management Reporting, Investigation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

GitLab
Skills you'll gain: Telecommuting, Virtual Teams, Team Management, Human Resources Management and Planning, Culture Transformation, Performance Metric, Leadership and Management, Organizational Change, Organizational Strategy, Business Transformation, Organizational Leadership, Team Building, Performance Management, Adaptability, Collaboration, Business Strategy, Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Indian School of Business
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Trading, Balance Sheet, Securities Trading, Income Statement, Financial Analysis, Market Liquidity, Financial Market, Market Dynamics, Market Analysis, Order Management, Risk Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Derivatives, Equities, Risk Analysis, Financial Trading, International Finance, Investments, Securities Trading, Financial Market, Risk Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, Analysis, Capital Markets, Portfolio Risk, Tax, Balance Sheet, Financial Regulations, Business Metrics, Market Data
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Excel Formulas, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Data Entry, Data Manipulation, Productivity Software, Data Management, Document Management, User Interface (UI)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Outlook, Collaborative Software, Document Management, File Management, Content Management, Version Control, Data Sharing, Microsoft Excel, Computer Literacy, Journals, Data Integration, Data Import/Export, Computer Security
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Milestones (Project Management), Acceptance Testing, CI/CD, Scope Management, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Feature Engineering, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Capacity Management, Responsible AI, Smart Goals, Project Risk Management, Compliance Management, Stakeholder Communications, Data Governance, Risk Analysis, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Project Planning, Risk Management, Mitigation
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months