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.

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Market Research, Proposal Writing, Research Methodologies, Market Analysis, Business Research, Data Collection, Quantitative Research, Business Writing, Sampling (Statistics), Survey Creation, Qualitative Research, Request for Proposal, Client Services, Professional Networking
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Due Diligence, Backlogs, Postman API Platform, Strategic Decision-Making, Data Integrity, Data Maintenance, Needs Assessment, Product Knowledge, Technical Management, Stakeholder Communications, Data Manipulation, Requirements Analysis, Process Analysis, Automation, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Business Requirements, Vendor Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Strategic Prioritization, Web Analytics, Product Roadmaps, Business Analytics, Analytics, Product Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Prioritization, Customer Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Performance Analysis, Forecasting, User Flows, Performance Metric, Customer Retention, Data Capture, Resource Allocation, Statistical Methods
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, AI Workflows, AI Orchestration, Salesforce, Agentic Workflows, Generative AI Agents, AI Enablement, Agentic systems, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence, Workflow Management, AI Security, Performance Testing, Data Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Business Logic, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Model Evaluation, Application Lifecycle Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Forecasting, Strategic Thinking, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Strategy, Organizational Strategy, Trend Analysis, Analysis, Market Opportunities, Organizational Change, Decision Making, Market Dynamics, Business Research, Process Improvement
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Statements, Decision Making, Capital Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Return On Investment, Cash Flows, New Business Development, Risk Analysis, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Spreadsheet Software
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Eindhoven University of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Business Process, Process Analysis, Process Improvement, Business Process Management, Data Mining, Business Process Modeling, Process Optimization, Data Processing, Operational Analysis, Performance Analysis, Real Time Data, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Science, Verification And Validation, Model Evaluation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, User Story, New Product Development, Model Based Systems Engineering, Model Evaluation, Failure Analysis, Sustainable Business, Data Mining, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Delegation Skills, Real-Time Operating Systems, Object Oriented Design, Sampling (Statistics), Proposal Writing, Supplier Management, Accountability, Data Ethics, Sustainability Reporting, Database Design, Supervised Learning
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Skills you'll gain: Econometrics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Logistic Regression, Data Analysis, Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Case Studies, Forecasting, Model Evaluation, Probability, Linear Algebra, Peer Review
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Columbia University
Skills you'll gain: Project Schedules, Project Risk Management, Scheduling, Construction Management, Timelines, Lean Methodologies, Architecture and Construction, Construction Engineering, Milestones (Project Management), Diagram Design, Project Management Software, Work Breakdown Structure, Resource Allocation, Dependency Analysis
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, User Story, New Product Development, Model Based Systems Engineering, Model Evaluation, Failure Analysis, Sustainable Business, Data Mining, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Delegation Skills, Real-Time Operating Systems, Object Oriented Design, Sampling (Statistics), Proposal Writing, Supplier Management, Accountability, Data Ethics, Sustainability Reporting, Database Design, Supervised Learning
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Development, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, CI/CD, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Computing Architecture, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Business Intelligence, Amazon S3, Web Development, API Gateway, Cloud Platforms, Serverless Computing, Cloud Services, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Amazon DynamoDB
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months