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 Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Management Training And Development, Employee Engagement, Workforce Management, Social Impact, Occupational Safety And Health, Research, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Training, Business Research, People Development, Business Priorities, Labor Relations, Research Methodologies, Employee Retention, Internal Communications, Training Programs, Case Studies, Program Evaluation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Power BI, Earned Value Management, Business Metrics, Project Performance, Performance Measurement, Customer Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Performance Metric, Project Controls, Performance Analysis, Customer Insights, Business Intelligence, Customer Retention, Operational Efficiency, Project Accounting, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Operations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Intellectual Property, Financial Statement Analysis, Income Statement, Business Planning, Balance Sheet, Management Training And Development, Organizational Structure, Entrepreneurship, Team Building, Cash Flows, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Registration, Regulatory Documents, Recruitment Strategies
★ 4.8 (161) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Decision Support Systems, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Database Design, Business Intelligence, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Star Schema, Relational Databases, Database Management, Database Theory, Data Visualization Software, Snowflake Schema, Data Presentation, Database Systems, Database Development, Data Visualization, Business Reporting, Database Management Systems
★ 4.4 (243) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Product Roadmaps, Agile Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Analysis Tools, Stakeholder Engagement, Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Analysis, Agile Product Development, Agile Software Development, Stakeholder Management, Business Requirements, Stakeholder Communications, Project Scoping, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Controls, Scope Management, Project Management, Product Planning, Project Planning, Kanban Principles
★ 5 (6) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement Process, Performance Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Performance Metric, Performance Improvement, Operational Performance Management, Business Analytics, Business Analysis, Operational Efficiency
★ 4.6 (97) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Content Scheduling, Social Media Content, Social Media, Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Content Creation, Storytelling, Photo Editing
★ 4 (376) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Persuasive Communication, Non-Verbal Communication, Microsoft PowerPoint, Oral Expression, Communication, Public Speaking, Verbal Communication Skills, Business Communication, Professional Development, Rapport Building, Storytelling, Trustworthiness, Driving engagement, Constructive Feedback, Communication Strategies, Goal Setting, Virtual Teams, Interpersonal Communications, Professionalism
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Process Flow Diagrams, Business Process Modeling, Data Modeling, Process Modeling, Microsoft Visio, Diagram Design, Business Process, Business Modeling, Business Analysis, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), Business Analysis Tools, Database Design, Data Visualization
★ 4.3 (142) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Leadership Development, Case Studies, Collaboration, Team Collaboration, Professional Networking, Professionalism, Teamwork, Team Leadership, People Development, Professional Development, Leadership, Relationship Building, Branding, Brand Strategy, Strategic Partnership, Goal Setting, Mentorship, Goal-Oriented, Planning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Mitigation, Project Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Project Management, Project Scoping, Stakeholder Analysis, Agile Methodology, Project Management Life Cycle, Compliance Management, Agile Project Management, Stakeholder Communications, Scope Management, Business Process, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Process Management, Project Planning, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

SkillsBooster Academy
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Enablement, Workflow Management, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, AI Personalization, AI literacy, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Communication, Business, Business Strategy, Generative AI, Google Gemini, AI Integrations, Business Analysis, Decision Making, ChatGPT, Competitive Analysis, Market Research
★ 4.3 (6) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months