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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Teams, Collaborative Software, File Management, Document Management, Collaboration, Project Management
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Innovation, Technology Strategies, Virtual Reality, Virtual Environment, Business Transformation, Emerging Technologies, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategies, Computing Platforms, Digital Assets, Resource Utilization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Advanced Analytics, Statistical Visualization, Tableau Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Graphing, Data Mapping, Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Histogram, Scatter Plots, Exploratory Data Analysis, Geospatial Mapping, Data Analysis, Forecasting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

HubSpot Academy
Skills you'll gain: Sales Management, Sales Enablement, Sales Training, Management Training And Development, Target Market, Training Programs, Sales Pipelines, Sales Strategy, Sales Process, Sales Development, Sales, Target Audience, Employee Training, Employee Coaching, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Strategies, Employee Onboarding, Recruitment, Customer Insights
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Decision Intelligence, Descriptive Statistics, Root Cause Analysis, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Tableau Software, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Model Deployment, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Natural Language Processing, Apache Spark, Keras (Neural Network Library), Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Reinforcement Learning, Apache Kafka, SQL
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Project Schedules, Google Sheets, Presentations, Google Workspace, Scheduling, Project Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, AWS SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Computing Architecture, Generative AI, Kubernetes, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Platforms, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Generative AI Agents, Amazon CloudWatch, Cloud Storage, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Governance, AI Security, Cost Management, Prompt Engineering, Risk Management, Team Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Process Modeling, Digital Design, Design, Diagram Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, User Accounts, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Multimedia, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations, Microsoft Office, Collaborative Software, Microsoft Windows, Editing, Document Management, File Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Marketing Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Marketing Collateral, Marketing Materials, Creative Design, Graphic Design, Dashboard, Digital Design, Productivity, Color Matching, Content Creation, Developing Training Materials, Digital Content, Organizational Skills, Design Elements And Principles, Editing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Revenue Recognition, Financial Accounting, Standard Accounting Practices, Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Equities, Consolidation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Project, Timelines, Project Schedules, Scheduling, Data Visualization, Project Management Software, Workflow Management, Dependency Analysis, Project Management, Project Planning
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours