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.

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Purchasing, Meeting Facilitation, Business Writing, Active Listening, Business Correspondence, Marketing Materials, English Language, Business Communication, Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Marketing, Employee Coaching, Persuasive Communication, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Concision, Business Management, Influencing, Auditing, Management Reporting
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Decision Support Systems, Process Mapping, Business Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Customer experience strategy (CX), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Performance Metric
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Barcoding, LinkedIn, Presentations, Facebook, Cloud Applications, Social Media, Content Creation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: R Programming, Predictive Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytics, Data Science, Feature Engineering, Data Preprocessing, Machine Learning, Telemarketing, Model Deployment
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Photoshop, Barcoding, Layout Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Collateral, Color Theory, Typography, Design Elements And Principles
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Brand Awareness, Photo Editing, Advertising
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, No-Code Development, AI Enablement, Business Process Automation, Business Process, Data Management, Risk Mitigation, Return On Investment, Process Design, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Business Software, Business Transformation, Automation, Project Implementation, Performance Measurement, Data Cleansing, Project Management, Business Metrics, Data Storytelling, Dashboard
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Miro AI, Business Modeling, Presentations, Collaborative Software, Entrepreneurship, Brainstorming, Value Propositions, Design Thinking, Graphic Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Global Positioning Systems, Political Sciences, Entrepreneurship, International Relations, Governance, Higher Education, Public Policies, Policy Analysis, Business, New Business Development, Budgeting, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Business Analytics, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Box Plots, Sampling (Statistics), Correlation Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Blogs, Workflow Management, Data Visualization, User Feedback, Content Development and Management, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Integration, Cloud-Based Integration, Google Docs, Project Management Software, Social Media Management, Content Management, Ideation, Project Management, Customer Insights, Database Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Telecommuting, Collaborative Software, Business Planning, Business Development, Presentations, Entrepreneurship, Brainstorming, Business Strategy, Data Visualization
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours