3 Amazing Online Learning Tools For Entrepreneurs

June 22, 2018

All good entrepreneurs know that personal development is vital to success. You need to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities to learn new skills and refresh old ones. This constant training and development will help you to find business success because it allows you to adapt to an ever changing business climate. If you’re struggling to find new ways of honing your business skills, try some of these great online resources.
Online Degrees
Getting a college degree is always a good way to get a headstart in the business world, but why stop at one? You don’t have to drop out of work and go back to college full-time for 4 years anymore. You can do an msw program online in your spare time. You’ll be able to carry on with whatever else you’re doing and set a pace that suits you. There’s no limit to how many extra degrees you can get and each one will give you new skills as well as boosting your CV. When you’re looking for investment for your next business venture, it looks good if you can show them a resume with a long list of qualifications on there.
If you don’t want to pay for your college degree but you still want to pick up similar skills, there are some great sites that offer the resources for free. You won’t usually get an actual qualification out of it but if that doesn’t matter to you, it’s a great way to learn a load of new skills that you can apply to business ventures.
Video Tutorials
There is a video tutorial for pretty much everything these days, whatever you want to learn, just put it in Youtube and you’re away. Whether you’re looking for tips on how to use accounting software, advice on social media tools, or just general business advice, you should be able to find plenty of videos from experts that are informative and easy to follow. There are also specific video learning sites like Creativelive, but you’ll usually have to pay for those.  
Online Business Courses
If you’re completely new to an area of business, you might struggle with video tutorials. They’re great for some things but they don’t go into enough detail to help you learn an entire industry inside out. For that, you’ve got online business courses. You’ll usually be paying in the thousands for these courses but they’re worth it. Common subjects include social media marketing, managing a team and general start-up tips but you can find pretty much anything. The major benefit of these courses is that they’re usually industry specific so if you’re looking for expert advice on how to get a restaurant business off the ground, for example, you’ll get a full course just on that. They tend to be fairly short courses of around 6 months to a year which is perfect if you’re itching to get going on that new business venture.
Make sure that you take full advantage of these online learning tools and you’ll be the best entrepreneur you can be.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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