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      EDHEC Business School

      Intellectual Property as Competitive Advantage for Companies

      Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Corporate Strategy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Asset Management, Legal Strategy, Brand Management, Entrepreneurship, Risk Management, Registration

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Pennsylvania

      Ethical Decision-Making in a Social World

      Skills you'll gain: Business Ethics, Personal Integrity, Professionalism, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Honesty, Organizational Leadership, Decision Making, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills, Leadership, Compassion, Influencing, Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Cognitive flexibility, Compliance Management

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      The Persuasive Leader

      Skills you'll gain: Persuasive Communication, Leadership, Influencing, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Leadership Development, Business Leadership, Leadership and Management, Team Leadership, Communication, Agile Project Management, Decision Making

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Goodwill Industries International

      The Digital Divide

      Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Digital Communications, Computer Security Awareness Training, Community Development, Community Outreach, End User Training and Support, Telecommunications, Data Access

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      20 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Berklee

      Touring 101 for Musicians

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Budgets, Marketing Planning, Performance Measurement, Sales Presentations, Marketing Strategies, Music Performance, Goal Setting, Customer Engagement, Content Marketing, Event Management, Business Planning, Professional Networking, Talent Management

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Operations Management in Healthcare- Streamlining Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Resource Utilization, Lean Methodologies, Operational Efficiency, Health Care Administration, Operations Management, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Process Improvement, Systems Thinking, Health Technology, Workflow Management, Resource Allocation, Regulatory Requirements, Health Systems, Continuous Improvement Process, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Communication Strategies, Data-Driven Decision-Making

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Customer Data, Analytics, and Segmentation

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Sales Strategy, Customer Analysis, Sales Pipelines, Sales Enablement, Data Cleansing, Sales Management, Sales, Customer Insights, Data Quality, Customer Data Management, Customer Engagement, AI Personalization, Advanced Analytics, Analytics, Data Integrity, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Integration, Data Security

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Create audio transcripts with Amazon Transcribe

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Data Import/Export, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing

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      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Board Infinity

      Writing Effective Technical Documentation

      Skills you'll gain: Technical Writing, Technical Documentation, Technical Communication, Software Documentation, Technical Design, Software Design Documents, Blogs, Writing and Editing, Collaborative Software, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Content Creation, Writing, Typography, Multimedia, Proofreading, Design Elements And Principles, GitHub, Application Programming Interface (API), Version Control

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Gestion de l’analyse des données

      Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Analytics, Data Management, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Reporting, Data Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Presentation, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Communication

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Crafting Personalized Content with Gen AI: Create a Campaign

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Persona Development, AI Personalization, Target Audience, ChatGPT, Customer Insights, Generative AI, Marketing Analytics, Email Marketing, Content Creation, Social Media Content

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Berklee

      Proyecto final de Músico moderno

      Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Peer Review, Music, Music Theory, Music Performance, Media Production, Post-Production, Timelines

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular starting a business courses

    • Intellectual Property as Competitive Advantage for Companies: EDHEC Business School
    • Ethical Decision-Making in a Social World: University of Pennsylvania
    • The Persuasive Leader: Johns Hopkins University
    • The Digital Divide: Goodwill Industries International
    • Touring 101 for Musicians: Berklee
    • Operations Management in Healthcare- Streamlining Systems : Coursera Instructor Network
    • Customer Data, Analytics, and Segmentation: Microsoft
    • Create audio transcripts with Amazon Transcribe: Coursera Project Network
    • Writing Effective Technical Documentation: Board Infinity
    • Gestion de l’analyse des données: Johns Hopkins University

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