Want to know your equity but have no time to learn basic accounting? Here is a compilation of free online courses from developing start-up ideas to expanding in Asia.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and Family Business at RMIT University in Melbourne - four modules that will teach you how to start and run a business, from funding strategies to succession planning.
Technology Entrepreneurship by Chuck Essley at Stanford University - a course for tech entrepreneurs with a practical application. Student teams develop a start-up idea and pitch it to investors.
Accounting and Finance
Introduction to Corporate Finance at Wharton University of Pennsylvania or Introduction to Finance at the University of Michigan - both offer the fundamental principles of valuation as well as an understanding of financial risk.
Principles of Macroeconomics at the University of Melbourne - Professor Nilss Olekalns will teach you about concepts that affect businesses including unemployment and inflation, as well as fiscal and monetary policies.
Marketing
Writing for the Web by Open2Study - a course on how to write effectively for the web and online publications.
Services Marketing - Selling the Invisible by Betina Crooks - a marketing course for businesses in the services sector.
Principles of Project Management - a four-week course about managing a project through concept, development, and execution stages.
Expansion and Scalability
Scaling Up your Venture without Screwing up at Stanford University - explains the different strategic choices when scaling a business while avoiding “cognitive overload”.
Introduction to Business Asia at Griffith University - includes modules on Asian leadership and management styles, as well as culture and business in Asia. One week is dedicated to doing business in China.
Work 3.0: How to digitise, automate and get mobile to boost productivity by Smart Company - webinar on how to automate accounts payable systems, digitise paper documents, manage a mobile workforce, and streamline communication.
Leaders and Managers
Total Leadership at Wharton University - teaches a practical and proven method to articulate your core values and vision, build trust, and achieve “four way wins”.
Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills at University of Michigan - provides practical tips for improving negotiating skills in four key stages - planning, negotiating, creating, and performing the contract.
Managing the Company of the Future - a five-week course that compares traditional with alternative principles of management.
Management for a Competitive Edge at International College of Management - an introductory management course.
Innovators
Design Thinking for Business Innovation at University of Virginia - a four-week course about Design Thinking, an alternative approach to solving problems and looking for opportunities.
Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland - a course on how to identify and develop ideas for business.
A Crash Course on Creativity at Stanford University - designed to introduce you to a set of tools for generating new ideas individually and as part of a team.
Hat tip to Smart Company
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