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.

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Marketing Design, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Social Media, Marketing Materials, Color Matching, Graphic Design, Design, User Accounts
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Project Closure, Stakeholder Management, Risk Analysis, Stakeholder Communications, Project Risk Management, Project Planning, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Performance, Scheduling, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Risk Mitigation, Project Management, Project Coordination, Project Management Life Cycle, Communication Planning, Performance Metric, Team Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Keller Williams
Skills you'll gain: Administrative Support, Office Management, Real Estate, Organizational Skills, Real Estate Transactions, Business Planning, Business Management, Financial Planning, Professional Networking, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Compliance Management, Vendor Relationship Management, Goal Setting, Business Economics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Workspace, Collaborative Software, Collaboration, Productivity Software, Internal Communications, Business Communication, Communication, Spreadsheet Software, File Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Market Research, Analytical Skills, Data Collection, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Market Analysis, Marketing, Business Research, Quantitative Research, Data Analysis, Customer Insights, Market Trend, Consumer Behaviour, Trend Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Decision-Making
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Human Resources, Technical Communication, Human Resource Strategy, Employee Surveys, Prompt Engineering, People Development, Generative AI, Persona Development, Interviewing Skills, Performance Review, Document Management, Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Data Processing, Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databricks, Apache Spark, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Real Time Data, Data Transformation, Scheduling, Data Storage
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Multiple educators
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, AI Product Strategy, Independent Thinking, Productivity Software, Generative AI, AI Personalization, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Responsible AI, Business Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Productivity, Operational Efficiency, Administration, Business Operations, Planning, Project Planning, Business Planning, Project Management, Business Administration, Business
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Quality Management, Milestones (Project Management), Backlogs, Agile Project Management, Project Planning, Team Management, Scope Management, Budget Management, Team Leadership, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Scoping, Project Management Life Cycle, Communication Planning, Quality Monitoring, Requirements Analysis, Agile Methodology, Performance Reporting, Change Management, Project Management
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Generative AI, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Content, AI Personalization, Social Media Strategy, MarTech, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Amazon CloudWatch, Identity and Access Management, Organizational Structure, Cloud Solutions, Continuous Monitoring, Account Management
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Purchasing, Meeting Facilitation, Business Writing, Active Listening, Business Correspondence, Marketing Materials, English Language, Business Communication, Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Marketing, Employee Coaching, Persuasive Communication, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Concision, Business Management, Influencing, Auditing, Management Reporting
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months