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 Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture, AI Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Planning, Responsible AI, Innovation, New Product Development, Product Strategy, User Research, Scalability, Design Thinking, Lean Methodologies, Project Portfolio Management, Product Lining, Agile Product Development, Governance, Product Development, Resource Management, Brand Management
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Credit Risk, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Risk, Market Data, Risk Analysis, Bank Regulations, Securities (Finance), Financial Data, Portfolio Management, Lending and Underwriting, Risk Management, Derivatives, Business Valuation, Financial Market, Investment Management, Financial Regulation, Analytics, Decision Making
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Product Development, Product Strategy, Sustainable Business, Product Management, Marketing, Product Marketing, New Product Development, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercialization, Strategic Marketing, Sales Presentations, Marketing Strategies, Business Marketing, Presentations, Promotional Strategies, Sustainable Development, Oral Expression, Proposal Development, Corporate Sustainability
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Working Capital, Business Valuation, Financial Forecasting, Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, Financial Data, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Forecasting, Real Time Data, Power BI, Extract, Transform, Load, Tableau Software, Finance
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Professional Networking, LinkedIn, Content Creation, Professional Development, Relationship Management, Social Media Content, Relationship Building, Social Media, Web Presence, Branding, Social Media Strategy
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Visual Storytelling, Storytelling, Color Theory, Color Matching, Graphical Tools, Document Management, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Design, Creative Design, Content Creation, Digital Design, User Accounts, Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Customer Service, Customer Relationship Building, Customer Support, Customer experience improvement, Customer and Client Support, Customer Complaint Resolution, Customer Retention, Customer Engagement, Greeting Customers, Service Recovery, Personalized Service, Brand Loyalty, Communication, Friendliness, Customer Analysis, Communication Strategies, Active Listening, Conflict Management, Crisis Management, Crisis Intervention
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Systems, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Business, Human Centered Design, Land Management, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Business Modeling, Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement, Return On Investment, Stakeholder Management, Investments, Customer Insights, Experimentation, Customer Analysis, Process Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: GitHub Copilot, Generative AI, Microsoft Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Test Case, Responsible AI, Microsoft Visual Studio, Version Control, Code Review, Data Ethics, GitHub, Prompt Patterns, Microsoft Development Tools, Integrated Development Environments, AI literacy, Software Versioning, AI Integrations, Risking, Software Development Tools, Project Management
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentation, Regional Sales, Selling Techniques, Presentations, Sales Process, Influencing, Persuasive Communication, Intercultural Competence, Storytelling, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Behavioral Economics, Sales Pipelines, Collaborative Software, Collaboration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Communication, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, AI literacy
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Diversity Awareness, Diversity Training, Workplace inclusivity, Self-Awareness, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Development, Empathy, Decision Making, Communication Strategies, Data Collection, Psychology, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Relationship Management, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Success Management, Customer Acquisition Management, Customer Analysis, Customer Data Management, Customer Retention, Customer Relationship Building, Brand Loyalty, Loyalty Programs, Marketing Operations, Customer experience improvement, Marketing Automation, Customer Insights, Value Propositions, Portfolio Management, Data-Driven Marketing, Automation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks