Choose from 18 Certificate Programs

6 Courses

  • Finance and Accounting Principles
  • Marketing Fundamentals
  • Strategic Business Planning and Forecasting
  • Managing Organizations
  • Leading Without Authority
  • Navigating the Global Business Landscape

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Individual contributors interested in transitioning to leadership
  • New managers
  • Professionals who need to fill gaps in business fundamentals
  • Professionals with work experience but no formal business training
  • Professionals transitioning into roles within a corporate environment
  • Small business owners and entrepreneurs

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    4-6 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Process Analysis in Operations
  • Improving Operations
  • Quality Control Systems
  • Inventory Management Strategies

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Managers and executives
  • Manufacturers
  • Business analysts
  • MBA students

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses

  • Designing Digital and Data-Driven Business Operations
  • Exploring the Fundamentals of Forecasting Demand
  • Designing Experiments in Retail and Online Businesses
  • Optimizing Decisions Using Demand Forecasts
  • Marketplaces and Emerging Technologies
  • Linking Digital Operations With Financial Performance

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Business analysts
  • Digital transformation managers
  • Consultants
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Managers, leaders, and executives

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    5-8 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses

  • Mastering the Time Value of Money
  • Making Capital Investment Decisions
  • Risk and Return: How to Identify, Measure, and Incorporate Into Capital Budgeting Decisions
  • Raising Capital: The Process, the Players, and Strategic Considerations
  • Understanding Financial Statements
  • Using Ratio Analysis to Evaluate Financial Performance

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Managers
  • Directors
  • Company officers
  • Anyone responsible for the financial success of a business

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    4-6 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Foundations of Financial Statements
  • Accruals and Cash Flows
  • Sales Accounting
  • Investments, Capital and Financial Forecasting

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Individuals seeking to enter the field of accounting or auditing
  • Managers involved in financial forecasting and investments
  • Entrepreneurs seeking investors or investment opportunities
  • Pre-MBA students interested in gaining an accounting background

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    5-7 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses

  • Improving Governance
  • Improving Margins
  • Improving Capacity Investment and Consumption
  • Improving Coordination and Efficiency
  • Improving Direction, Motivation, and Society
  • Accountability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Managers and leaders responsible for a business unit
  • Managers and leaders seeking to improve organizational performance
  • Individuals influencing the design of accountability systems

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Assessing Nonprofits using Financial Statements and Ratios
  • Determining Appropriate Budgeting, Debt Financing, and Cash Flow
  • Fundraising and Revenue Generation
  • Strategically Governing the Organization

DESIGNED FOR:

  • CEOs and executive directors without a formal finance background
  • Leaders, administrators, and new board members
  • Decision-making program staff
  • Lawyers who serve the nonprofit sector

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Finance and Accounting Principles
  • Evaluating Stocks
  • Portfolio Management Essentials
  • Cryptocurrencies and Ledgers

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Personal investors
  • Corporate finance professionals
  • Investment firm marketing and client services staff
  • Investment research assistants
  • Investment club members
  • Individuals seeking to better understand diversification, asset allocation, and securities portfolios
  • Anyone interested in how to choose stocks

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    5-10 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses

  • Assessing Startup Viability and Funding Options
  • Pitching Your Business Opportunity
  • Protecting Your Interests
  • Financial Planning, Valuation and Dilution
  • Company Structure and Due Diligence
  • Post-Investment Best Practices

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Entrepreneurs seeking funding for their startup
  • People who have an original or disruptive idea
  • Novice investors

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses

  • Getting Started with Spreadsheet Modeling and Business Analytics
  • Harvesting Spreadsheet Data
  • Visualizing and Communicating Insights In Excel
  • Making Predictions and Forecasts with Data
  • Using Prescriptive Analytics in Excel
  • Creating and Sharing Interactive Data Models
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Individuals interested in moving into an analyst role
  • Individuals seeking to leverage analytic skills
  • Individuals and entrepreneurs who need to visualize data
  • Anyone looking for a refresher on using a modern version of Excel
  • Managers and executives
  • Administrative and executive assistants

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Forecasting Supply Chain Demand
  • Optimizing Inventory Management
  • Optimizing Production Capacity Allocation
  • Supply Chain Finance, Coordination, and Sustainability

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Individuals seeking to increase skills in supply chain strategy
  • Operations analysts
  • Market analysts for consumer and industrial products
  • Consultants seeking supply chain knowledge

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    5-7 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Creating Effective Contracts
  • Interpreting Contracts
  • Managing Risk in Contracts
  • Enforcing Contract Terms

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Business professionals in any sector
  • Leaders and executives who engage with legal professionals
  • Compliance officers
  • Procurement professionals

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Fundamentals of Organizational Design
  • Assessing Organizations in Context
  • Analyzing Formal Organizational Structure
  • Designing Organizational Systems

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Organizational design managers
  • Executives (CEOs, VPS, division leaders, functional leaders)
  • Merger and acquisition managers
  • Corporate consultants

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses (3 Core, 1 Elective)

Core Courses:
  • Business Writing Fundamentals
  • Advanced Business Writing
  • Communicating Quantitative Data
Electives (Choose One) (1 Course):
  • Building Compelling Slide Decks and Reports
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Managers
  • Executives
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Professionals interested in improving their business-writing skills

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

6 Courses (4 Core, 2 Elective)

Core Courses:
  • Business Writing Fundamentals
  • Building Compelling Slide Decks and Reports
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
Elective Courses (2 Courses):
  • Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations
  • Advanced Business Writing
  • Impactful Unscripted Communication
  • Persuasion
  • Virtual Communication

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Individual contributors
  • Managers
  • Executives
  • Communications professionals
  • Entrepreneurs

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    3 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • FinTech Disruptions
  • Trends in FinTech
  • Cryptocurrencies and Ledgers
  • Cryptography Essentials
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Financial services professionals
  • Consultants
  • Software companies who sell to financial services
  • Banking professionals
  • IT, security, and regulatory professionals
  • Venture capital professionals
  • Entrepreneurs

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

4 Courses

  • Family Business Leadership Fundamentals
  • Managing Family Relationships
  • Stewarding Family Wealth and Values
  • Implementing Family Governance Systems
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Family members employed in running a family-owned business
  • Non-family employees involved in running a family business (key leaders, management)
  • Individuals interested in broad-based family business dynamics
  • Consultants
  • Lawyers
  • Accountants

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   Course Length:
    2 weeks
  •   Program Duration:
    2 months
  •   Class Size:
    Under 35 students
  •   Effort:
    3-5 hours per week
  •   Format:
    100% online
  •   Model:
    Instructor-led

DESIGNED FOR:

  • Current board members of public and private companies
  • Board members in the for-profit arena at the executive level
  • Those looking to move into a leadership role on a for-profit board
  • Active board members looking for a “refresher” or bringing technology to their boardroom table

HOW IT WORKS:

  •   FORMAT:
    2-day forum Oct. 29 – 30, 2024 with some online sessions
  •   LOCATION:
    Cornell Tech campus New York, NY
  •   CLASS SIZE:
    <50 industry professionals
  •   WHAT’S INCLUDED:
    Course materials, breakfast and lunch, and discounted rate for accommodations
  •   TRAVEL:
    Participants are responsible for transportation and accommodations
  •   FACTS:
    Review Frequently Asked Questions
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