Business Growth Courses and Certifications

Growing a Business

Learn internal and external strategies for scaling a venture, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, intellectual property protection mechanisms, and building an effective sales process.

• Coursera
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fundamentals of Management, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

16 ratings

Develop the team behind your business vision: recruit and select employees, manage performance, weigh outsourcing versus delegating, and align organizational structure and culture with growth.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

15 ratings

Explore funding options for business growth: acquisition financing, grants and loans, evaluating your business's financial profile, and preparing the information behind a strong funding application.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Applied Entrepreneurship: Scaling a Business for Success

Assess your existing business model and build an acceleration plan: use design thinking to generate ideas, sharpen your value proposition, test market fit, and prepare processes for scaling.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $298.00
• 2 courses

The Growth of Firms and Industry Dynamics

Learn about the dynamics of firms and industries, and strengthen your analytical skills for explaining and predicting firm growth

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Marketing & Business: Growth, Strategy & Social Media Skills

Launch a solo online business: explore beginner online income streams, build a one-page business strategy, and market illustration work on Instagram.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Replace the funnel with the flywheel: assess forces and friction using the Growth Grader and plan a flywheel transition from HubSpot and The Missing Link examples.

• HubSpot Academy
• 1-2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Grow Your Cake Business

So you started your own cake business — now what? Keep your company moving in the right direction with expert guidance from baking business...

• Craftsy
• 2 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $39.00

Analyzing Growth Drivers & Business Risks

369 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Learn frameworks to assess the drivers of business success and how to use these findings to support more robust financial analysis

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Haz Crecer Tu Negocio con Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

6 ratings

Identifica una oportunidad viable de crecimiento y comienza a convertirla en un plan estratégico y táctico para guiar la expansión de tu empresa.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Assessing Drivers of Business Growth

64 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Explore frameworks and tools used to assess the opportunities and risks faced by a business

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Stanford;  Y Combinator

How to Start a Startup

16 ratings

Learn to start a startup: come up with and evaluate ideas, build products users love, grow, do sales, raise money, hire, and shape company culture.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Hire, Train and Manage a Rockstar Growth Team for Your Business

3 ratings at CreativeLive

How to Hire, Train and Manage a Rockstar Growth Team for Your Business with Ryan Deiss

• CreativeLive
• 4 hours 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fund Your Business for Growth

1 rating at CreativeLive

Learn how to choose, secure, and negotiate debt and equity funding—from microloans and family loans to crowdfunding, angel investment, and venture capital.

• CreativeLive
• 10 hours 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

FAST CLASS: Fund Your Business for Growth

1 rating at CreativeLive

FAST CLASS: Fund Your Business for Growth with Susan Schreter

• CreativeLive
• 5 hours 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course