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: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Methodology, Quality Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement Process, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Process Analysis, Business Analysis, Benchmarking, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Project Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Business Ethics, Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Organizational Leadership, Leadership Development, Team Performance Management, Team Leadership, Team Motivation, Leadership and Management, Business Leadership, Leadership, Professional Development, Peer Review, Self-Awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Goal-Oriented, Adaptability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Financial Policy, Economics, Economic Development, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Public Policies, Tax, Policy Analysis, International Finance, Business Economics, Fiscal Management, Growth Strategies, Decision Making
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Agile Project Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Diagram Design, Project Closure, Benefits Administration, Innovation, Change Management, Stakeholder Communications
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Data Preprocessing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Model Deployment, Data Analysis, PySpark, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation, Apache Spark, Decision Tree Learning, Customer Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Peer Review, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, MySQL, Databases, Data Modeling, Database Design, Business Intelligence, Dashboard, Analytics, Business Analytics, PostgreSQL, Shell Script, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Video Editing, Social Media, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Content Creation, Organizational Skills, Marketing, Marketing Communications
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Target Audience, Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, Campaign Management, Driving engagement, Direct Marketing, Promotional Strategies, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Engagement, Sales, Automation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Project Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Benefits Administration, Organizational Strategy, Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Management, Test Planning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Harvard Business Review
Skills you'll gain: Critical Thinking, Plan Execution, Business Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Trend Analysis, Strategic Prioritization, Market Trend, Forecasting, Value Propositions, Innovation, Competitive Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, Storyboarding, Video Editing, Video Production, Generative AI, Motion Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Creativity
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Probability & Statistics, AI Personalization, Statistical Software, Statistical Methods, Regression Analysis, Model Evaluation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Ethics, Unsupervised Learning, Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Customer Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Advanced Analytics, Bayesian Network, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months