Business development courses can help you learn negotiation strategies, market analysis techniques, customer relationship management, and sales funnel optimization. You can build skills in networking, strategic planning, and identifying growth opportunities. Many courses introduce tools like CRM software, data analytics platforms, and project management applications, showing how these skills are applied to drive business success and enhance client engagement.

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Business Ethics, Accountability, Accountability Frameworks, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainable Business, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Compliance Management, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Sustainability, Overcoming Objections, Environmental Regulations, Sustainability Standards, Regulatory Requirements, Organizational Change, Stakeholder Engagement, Advocacy, Change Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Notre Dame
Skills you'll gain: Business Ethics, Market Dynamics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Business Economics, Economics, Socioeconomics, Supply And Demand, Business, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Impact, Social Justice, Public Policies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Excel Formulas, Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Data Analysis, Data Synthesis, Data Presentation, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Meta Ads Manager, Driving engagement, Social Media Content, Online Advertising, Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Social Media Campaigns, Marketing, Customer Engagement, Social Media Management, Business Marketing, Target Audience, Web Presence
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Organizational Change, Engineering Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Systems, Organizational Development, Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, Leadership, Mitigation, Natural Resource Management, Infrastructure Security, Complex Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Google Sheets, Data Visualization, User Feedback, Customer experience improvement, Spreadsheet Software, Customer Insights, Customer Analysis, Customer Service, Google Workspace, Trend Analysis, Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Contingency Planning, Threat Management, Incident Management, Incident Response, Risk Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Vulnerability Assessments, Business Risk Management, Crisis Management, Test Planning, Operational Risk, Communication Planning, IT Management, Performance Metric, Cloud Computing, Communication Strategies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, Tool Calling, OAuth, Model Context Protocol, AI Orchestration, AI Integrations, Generative AI Agents, Interoperability, Agentic Workflows, Application Programming Interface (API), Agentic systems, Authentications, Real Time Data, Data Persistence, Context Management, Software Design Patterns, Authorization (Computing)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Business Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Requirements Management, Requirements Elicitation, Business Analysis Tools, Systems Thinking, Systems Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Business Requirements, Business Systems, Analysis, Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Analysis, System Testing, Business Modeling, Business Solutions, Job Analysis, Business, System Implementation, Job Evaluation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Flutter (Software), Mobile Development, Data Validation, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Application Design, Application Development, UI Components, Usability, Verification And Validation, Interactive Design, Data Entry
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Canva (Software), Marketing Design, Promotional Materials, Design, Dashboard, Design Elements And Principles, Marketing Materials, Marketing Collateral, Color Theory, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Branding, Content Creation, Marketing, Advertising, Business
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Data Integration, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Processing, Data Preprocessing, Data Cleansing, Data Quality, Alteryx, SQL, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analysis, Data Pipelines, Relational Databases, Data Integrity, Query Languages, Internal Communications, Python Programming, Automation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months