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: Communication Planning, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Performance Metric, Project Management Life Cycle, Process Improvement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Agile Project Management, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Case Studies, Performance Improvement, Performance Analysis, Product Development, Continuous Improvement Process
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Statement Analysis, Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Interviewing Skills, Real Estate, Benchmarking, Microsoft Excel
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Content Management Systems, Authentications, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Application Deployment, Authorization (Computing), Cloud Deployment, Web Components, Content Management, Restful API, Continuous Deployment, TypeScript, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Analytics and SEO, Query Languages, Web Applications, Business Logic, Web Development Tools, Package and Software Management, Node.JS, Software Architecture
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, Model Deployment, Applied Machine Learning, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Machine Learning, Return On Investment, Model Evaluation, Analytics, Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Responsible AI, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Scalability, Workflow Management, Continuous Improvement Process, Business Continuity, Auditing, Performance Tuning, Application Programming Interface (API)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Trend Analysis, Financial Analysis, Data Import/Export, Business Reporting, Financial Data, Data Transformation, Accounting Records, Microsoft Excel, Performance Analysis, Financial Reporting, Data Processing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Scope Management, Project Scoping, Project Management, Work Breakdown Structure, Requirements Analysis, Functional Requirement, AI Product Strategy, Project Risk Management, Stakeholder Communications, Technical Communication, Project Planning, Stakeholder Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

H2O.ai
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Modeling, AI Enablement, Generative AI, Web Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Data Processing, Prompt Engineering, Agentic systems, Application Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Customer experience strategy (CX), Agile Product Development, Product Strategy, Product Management, User Research, Service Design, Value Propositions, Product Roadmaps, Customer Insights, User Story, Innovation, Market Opportunities, Customer Retention, Growth Strategies, Market Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Strategies, Facebook, Web Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Online Advertising, Business Marketing, Target Audience, Digital Marketing, Business Communication
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours