Elevate your business acumen with these online classes

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By Perri Ormont Blumberg

Internet and streaming services have made it easier than ever to access high-quality career content.

From startup webinars to multi-week business courses, there’s no shortage of resources to propel your career to new heights. These classes will help you embrace your inner entrepreneur and get that pep back in your step. Heck, some of these options could even make a great gift.

MasterClass
Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and former CEO of the dating app Bumble, recently unveiled her master class: Rewriting the Rules of Business and Life With Whitney. She shares lessons where she reveals her playbook to success as a female entrepreneur.

“My playbook is different,” she said. “I didn’t read a single business book. I followed my passion, commitment and deep care for the customer to build my company. With my class, I will help members define what matters to them, and design a life and career around those values.”

Along the way, expect to glean valuable insights on following your ambition with confidence, building a viral brand and redefining success.

MasterClass subscriptions start at $10 per month and users have access to more than 180 classes.

Tigerhall
Nellie Wartoft, CEO of Tigerhall, is a strong proponent of not needing an MBA to succeed in business. Wartoft, a Swedish entrepreneur, founded this social learning platform in 2019 to prove just that, and recast how we approach professional development.

For the unique platform with articles, podcasts, “ask me anything” live videos with global innovators and more, you’ll pay $29 a month and can enlist in a slew of self-paced courses. (Business pricing is also available.)

You’ll learn from some 1,500 business leaders in a social media-esque setting to make learning fun. A few recent standout “trails” include getting your next promotion, leading a remote and hybrid team and workplace productivity.

Rekindle
Attention, ladies: This yearlong online development program for women employees (from $299 a month) is a way for companies to invest in the success of their female staffers.

Founded by Neeta Murthy, Rekindle is centered upon daily steps you can take, and employs a systematic 12-month approach across 26 diverse skill and mindset modules. Grounded in behavioral science techniques, companies across the world have used the fully online program with rave reviews.

Camp Systems
Who doesn’t want to become a better negotiator? Consider the entrepreneur’s boot camp on steroids: negotiation skills-builder. Choose from a self-paced version ($1,195) or the option to participate in eight Q&A sessions with live coaches ($2,000) as you learn to become a more effective communicator and decision-maker.

While geared towards people who want to grow their company’s revenue and attract more clients, you may also reap major benefits in the personal sphere of your life from taking this course.

Brain Gym
For $299 a year, work-life balance can be yours (or at least, getting closer to that ever-elusive place).
On the first Thursday of every month at 1 p.m., you’ll attend a live one-hour webinar ; you can also watch the recorded version at your leisure. And members can pair these presentations with monthly meditation sessions, worksheets, “brain hack micro trainings” and more.

These days, work stress is out of control, so give yourself the chance to get back on track and devote some TLC to the almighty organ that is your brain.

Publicity You
Run by NYC native and NYU grad Margot Black, this aims to help mid-career women (“anyone who wasn’t born with a selfie stick in their hand” as she put it) to hone, refine and promote “their super skills” with a course called Market Your Mastery.

The on-demand online class costs $179 and covers marketing, publicity and social media skills. You can also pair the course with two private one-hour sessions with Black for $997.

Launch Your Coach Practice
For those who have dreamed of being a life coach, ditch the illusions of easy street — it can be quite the slog.

“Many coaches that are new to the industry falsely assume their success solely depends on how big their heart is,” said certified professional recovery and life coach Heather Lowe, founder of Ditched the Drink.
“Without a strong foundation and strategy, coaches are often left without enough clients, burnout from working too hard without results.”

In her lessons, Lowe teaches the tools and tricks of the trade for launching and growing a life-coaching business. The six-week online course also includes six months of access to the course, quarterly video calls with Lowe and resources like sample contracts and mindset journal prompts.

Teach.io Academy
If you’d like to launch your own online course, there’s a course for that.

For $997, Teach.io Academy walks you through the steps needed to design, create and promote your course. In effect, you’ll see how you can turn your passion project into a lucrative online passive income stream, whether you’re an expert on graphic design, how to stop drinking, or influencer marketing. Expect to spend about 90 days to build your course.

Note: The idea is to get you to peddle your course on the Teach.io platform, which is “purpose-built to address common shortcomings in the market,” but you can host your course on any platform you choose.