Learn what business development is, where it fits into your organizational strategy, how to set up and manage a BD team, and how to scale it within your organization. Business development is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting professional roles. These are the people who see how a partnership with another organizations can expand the pie for both organizations—in a 1+1=3 kind of way. In this course, management consultant Robbie Kellman...

Use strategic planning to develop your business. Learn how to clearly define your vision and goals, create strategic initiatives, and implement your plan. Strategic planning is key to successful business development. If you plunge forward without clearly defining your goals and how you’ll meet them, you run the risk of misplacing your energy and failing to make the kind of progress you envisioned. In this course, Meridith Powell shares how to use...

Deepen your understanding of the skills and steps required to build and develop strategic organizational partnerships. To establish a successful strategic partnership, you need domain expertise, negotiation skills, and a keenly agile entrepreneurial spirit. In this course, instructor Robbie Kellman Baxter helps you deepen your understanding of the skills required to identify, define, and launch alliances and partnerships. Explore strategies to identify...

Weinberg details his proven formula for prospecting, developing, and closing deals. Jammed with real-world examples and anecdotes, this teaches you how to structure a winning sales call, overcome buyers' anti-salesperson reflex, and make time in your busy schedule to get it all done.

Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.

Learn how to build smart workflows for your business, development, and support teams using the issue and project tracking tool Jira. In this course, you’ll learn how to create smart workflows that your business, development, and support teams will love to use with the popular project management tool Jira. Find out how a well-designed Jira workflow can—and should—complement a team’s process, not dictate it. Instructor Rachel Wright provides...

Learn how to harness the power of LinkedIn to build your brand and grow your company as a small business owner. LinkedIn is a powerful tool for companies of all sizes. Learn how to make the world's #1 professional network work for your growing business. This course is designed for small business owners without a lot of time and resources for marketing and business development. Garrick Chow shows how to use the powerful and free tools on LinkedIn...

Find out how to transform your mindset to trigger new leadership behavior development and to improve engagement, collaboration, and learning across your entire organization. Mindset has a huge performance impact—but leaders rarely stop to see how they can intentionally change their mindsets to get better results. Discover the transformative power your mindset can have on your leadership style and find out how you can identify, grow, and put new...

Learn to shift your mindset and think like a high-performance entrepreneur. Each video is less than two minutes long, so you can make learning fit into even your busiest days. Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. In this installment, gather insights to cultivate a positive entrepreneurial mindset with business development consultant and Entrepreneur Magazine expert in residence...

Learn how explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) works and how it will impact data science-related projects and businesses. Now that AI and machine learning are widespread, people are starting to ask, "Is the technology actually making the best decisions? Can AI be trusted? How and where do humans fit in?" Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) is a solution that increases transparency about how AI systems make decisions and take actions. This...