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 Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Marketing, Marketing, Go To Market Strategy, Marketing Strategies, Branding, Brand Management, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Brand Strategy, Brand Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Target Market, Marketing Planning, Customer Analysis, Customer Insights, Marketing Channel, Marketing Psychology, Marketing Communications, Customer Engagement, New Business Development, E-Commerce
★ 4.8 (239) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Accounts Payable and Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bookkeeping, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Cash Flow Forecasting, Month End Closing, Balancing (Ledger/Billing), Payroll Tax, Financial Statements, Process Analysis, Audit Working Papers, Accounting, Accounting Software, Reconciliation, Invoicing, General Ledger, Microsoft Excel, Payroll Processing, Internal Auditing, Variance Analysis
★ 2.8 (15) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Università Bocconi
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Systems, Innovation, Competitive Analysis, Land Management, Sustainable Development, Food and Beverage, Corporate Sustainability, Market Dynamics, Business, Sustainable Business, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Environment and Resource Management, Environmental Issue, Food Quality Assurance And Control, Climate Change Adaptation, Business Modeling, Emerging Technologies, Economics, Product Knowledge
★ 4.8 (280) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Professional Development, Business Ethics, Professionalism, Decision Making, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Personal Integrity, Trustworthiness, Communication Strategies, Personal Development, Honesty, Communication, New Hire Orientations, Self-Awareness
★ 4.8 (66) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Plan Execution, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Governance, Corporate Strategy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Business Ethics, Regulatory Requirements, Innovation
★ 4.7 (1.3K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnership, Competitive Analysis, Corporate Strategy, Market Intelligence, Go To Market Strategy, Intercultural Competence, Market Opportunities, Global Marketing, E-Commerce, Cultural Sensitivity, Decision Making, Cultural Diversity
★ 4.8 (168) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Starweaver
Skills you'll gain: Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Site Reliability Engineering, Incident Response, Solution Architecture, Systems Architecture, System Monitoring, Business Continuity, Distributed Computing, Software Architecture, Systems Design, System Design and Implementation, Continuous Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Risk Management Framework, Load Balancing, Software Design Patterns, System Implementation, Service Level, High Voltage
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad de Palermo
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Operations, Sales Management, Marketing Effectiveness, Sales Development, Marketing Budgets, Sales Enablement, Marketing Analytics, Business Metrics, Business Operations, Marketing, Sales, B2B Sales, Online Advertising, Sales Strategy, Performance Metric, Business, Performance Measurement, Sales Pipelines, Operations Management, Market Share
★ 4.7 (22) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Presentations, Data Wrangling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Business Intelligence Software, Statistical Visualization, Data Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Visualization Software, Data Cleansing, Business Intelligence, Looker (Software), Data Manipulation, Web Scraping, Data Collection
★ 4.6 (1.3K) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Earned Value Management, ISO 9000 Series, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Quality Management Systems, Quality Management, Continuous Improvement Process, Quality Improvement, Performance Improvement, Project Risk Management, Program Implementation, Performance Metric, Process Improvement, Culture Transformation, Audit Planning, Project Performance, Risk Management, Cost Management, Project Controls, Quality Control, Project Management
★ 4.6 (77) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Content Creation, Visual Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Digital Design, Graphical Tools, Design, Graphics Software, Graphic and Visual Design Software
★ 4.6 (288) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Data, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Cash Flow Forecasting, Analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Finance
★ 4.6 (42) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months