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.

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Cost Control, Budget Management, Quality Assurance and Control, Quality Assurance, Project Performance, Quality Management, Quality Control, Agile Project Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Sales Pipelines, Sales Development, Sales Process, Lead Generation, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Sales Training, Sales Prospecting, Sales, Sales Strategy, Prospecting and Qualification, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Threat Management, Incident Management, Risk Management Framework, Infrastructure Security, Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Response, Business Ethics, Risk Management, Engineering Management, Organizational Change, Leadership Studies, Systems Thinking, Organizational Effectiveness, Public Safety and National Security, Hazard Analysis, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Failure Analysis, Human Factors (Security)
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Collaborative Software, Collaboration, Data Sharing, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Excel, Business Intelligence, Microsoft 365, Interactive Data Visualization, Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Analysis Software, Performance Tuning, Data Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Pivot Tables And Charts, Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software, Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Business Analytics, Excel Formulas, Ad Hoc Reporting, Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Performance Reporting, Data Synthesis, Statistical Reporting, Analytical Skills, Scalability, Data Compilation, Data Manipulation, Operational Efficiency
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Performance marketing, Content Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Web Analytics and SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing, Marketing, Online Advertising, Product Promotion, Blogs, Lead Generation, Marketing Strategies, Market Opportunities, Promotional Strategies, Product Knowledge, Target Audience
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Integrations, Business Leadership, Decision Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Strategic Leadership, Business Strategy, Google Cloud Platform, Technology Strategies, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Culture Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), ChatGPT, Case Studies, Generative AI, Risk Management, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Game Theory, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Competitive Intelligence, Product Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Partnership, Strategic Decision-Making, Market Opportunities, Market Analysis, Go To Market Strategy, Market Dynamics, New Product Development, Design and Product, Innovation, Coordination
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Edureka
Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI Agents, AI Orchestration, CrewAI, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, LangChain, LLM Application, AI Integrations, Systems Integration, Tool Calling, Responsible AI, Large Language Modeling, Prompt Engineering, Restful API, Embeddings, Vector Databases, Memory Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Underwriting, Banking, Securities (Finance), Investment Banking, Lending and Underwriting, Financial Market, Corporate Finance
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Storytelling, Diagram Design, Action Oriented, Concision, Branding
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Data Storage Technologies, Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Data Architecture, Data Storage, Data Wrangling, Data Integration, Data Transformation, SQL, Data Manipulation, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months