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, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Project Planning, Conflict Management, Stakeholder Management, Planning, Project Management, Project Scoping, Work Breakdown Structure, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Coordination, Leadership and Management, Influencing, Organizational Structure
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: User Feedback, Functional Testing, Root Cause Analysis, UI/UX Research, Experience Design, User Experience, Problem Management, User Interface (UI) Design, Integration Testing, Application Development, Network Troubleshooting, Investigation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Stress Management, Growth Mindedness, Open Mindset, Willingness To Learn, Self-Awareness, Lifelong Learning, Resilience, Personal Development, Self-Motivation, Mental Health, Science and Research, Physiology, Research, Psychology, Cognitive flexibility, Goal Setting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Meeting Facilitation, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Telephone Skills, Writing, Employee Coaching, Business Leadership, English Language, Staff Management, Recruitment, Verbal Communication Skills, Team Building, Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Business Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Analytics, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Data Storytelling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Python Programming
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Courage, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Business Ethics, Initiative and Leadership, Employee Coaching, Overcoming Objections, Leadership, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Empowerment, Self-Awareness, Conflict Management, Personal Development, Decision Making, Action Oriented, Verbal Communication Skills, Plan Execution, Communication Strategies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Prioritization, Jira (Software), Organizational Skills, Decision Making, Backlogs, Project Management Software, Timelines, Dashboard, Query Languages, Project Management, Resource Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Services, Threat Modeling, Application Security, Network Security, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Enterprise Architecture, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Identity and Access Management, Disaster Recovery
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: Embeddings, Model Deployment, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Model Evaluation, Data Cleansing, Anomaly Detection, Vector Databases, LLM Application, System Monitoring, Verification And Validation, Data Quality, Legal Technology, Semantic Web, E-Commerce, Large Language Modeling, Data Validation, Benchmarking, Dimensionality Reduction, Performance Metric, Cost Reduction
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Content Management Systems, Web Content, Blogs, Branding, Web Design, Event Management, Editing, Brand Awareness, Web Design and Development, User Accounts, Public Relations, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

EDHEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Text Mining, Portfolio Risk, Asset Management, Network Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Investments, Machine Learning Methods, Return On Investment, Unstructured Data, Predictive Modeling, Web Scraping, Machine Learning, Social Network Analysis, Financial Statements, Applied Machine Learning, Financial Market, Financial Modeling, Risk Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months