Business plan courses can help you learn market analysis, financial forecasting, operational planning, and effective pitching techniques. You can build skills in identifying target audiences, crafting value propositions, and developing marketing strategies. Many courses introduce tools like SWOT analysis, business model canvases, and financial modeling software, which can enhance your ability to create comprehensive and persuasive business plans.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: Cultural Diversity, Disabilities, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Communication Strategies, Performing Arts, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Planning, Needs Assessment, Coordination, Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Sales Enablement, Customer Engagement, Sales Strategy, Taking Meeting Minutes, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Presentations, Productivity Software, Meeting Facilitation, Generative AI Agents, Business Correspondence, AI Enablement, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Proposal Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Advertising Campaigns, Marketing Budgets, Advertising, Social Media Management, Social Media, Budget Management, Social Media Marketing, Digital Advertising, Social Media Campaigns
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Financial Market, Sustainability Standards, Market Trend, Market Analysis, Corporate Sustainability, Governance, Investment Management, Sustainable Business, Environmental Issue, Transportation Operations, Oil and Gas, Portfolio Management, Credit Risk, Emerging Technologies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Starweaver
Skills you'll gain: Business Process Modeling, Business Process, Digital Transformation, Business Process Management, Business Process Improvement, Process Design, Business Process Automation, Process Analysis, Business Transformation, Process Management, Case Studies, Workflow Management, Process Optimization, Quality Improvement, Lean Methodologies, AI Workflows, Six Sigma Methodology, Innovation, Automation, Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Data Cleansing, Analytics, Regression Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Software, Forecasting, Data Preprocessing, Bayesian Statistics, Supervised Learning, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Team Building, Data Ethics, Data Science, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Social Impact, Sales, Writing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: English Language, Language Competency, Oral Comprehension, Grammar, Language Learning, Vocabulary
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Process Controls, Kaizen Methodology, Customer Relationship Management, Six Sigma Methodology, Quality Management, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Methodologies, Quality Management Systems, Continuous Improvement Process, Operational Excellence, Process Improvement, Software Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Supplier Quality Management, Quality Improvement, Brainstorming, Benchmarking, Quality Assurance and Control, Change Management, Organizational Change
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Multi-Cloud, Data Architecture, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, Dataflow, Data Management, Regulatory Compliance, Information Architecture, Data Infrastructure, AI Enablement, Data Integration, Data Strategy, Data Science, Strategic Planning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Systems Thinking, Software Visualization, Object Oriented Design, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Application Design, Web Applications, Software Development Life Cycle, Case Studies, Business Systems Analysis, Systems Development, Business Systems, Software Development, Business Architecture, Business Risk Management, Python Programming, Software Design, Application Development, Computer Programming, Development Environment
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Systems, Business Transformation, Emerging Technologies, Logistics Management, Internet Of Things, Business Process Automation, Digital Transformation, Asset Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months