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: Design Thinking, Business Modeling, Human Centered Design, Value Propositions, Business Architecture, Experimentation, Business Analysis, Innovation, Ideation, Performance Measurement, Problem Solving, Analysis, User Research, Creative Problem-Solving, Sustainable Business, Business Strategy, Business Planning, Business, Business Requirements, Business Operations
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Regulations, Investment Banking, Financial Market, Risk Management, Financial Regulation, Financial Industry Regulatory Authorities, Finance, Equities, Banking, Portfolio Management, Behavioral Economics, Governance, Derivatives, Insurance
★ 4.8 (32K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Dashboard, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, Business Metrics, Plan Execution, Business Process Improvement, Business Process, Project Implementation
★ 4.8 (2.2K) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Business Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, ChatGPT, Process Modeling, Data Analysis, AI literacy, AI Integrations, Artificial Intelligence, Business Process Automation, Stakeholder Communications, Business Requirements, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Requirements Elicitation, Workflow Management, Machine Learning, Business Strategy, Process Optimization
★ 4.7 (12K) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

The Skill Valley
Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Product Roadmaps, Competitive Analysis, Market Research, Go To Market Strategy, Business Strategies, Target Market, Customer Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Modeling, Plan Execution, Planning, Growth Strategies, Contingency Planning, Resource Management, Product Strategy, Business Development, Financial Planning, Business, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Data Presentation, Plotly, Data Visualization Software, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Plot (Graphics), Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Python Programming, Data Science, NumPy, Machine Learning
★ 4.6 (62K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Data Storytelling, Marketing Analytics, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, Accounting, Responsible AI, Data Management, Internal Controls, Classification Algorithms, Internal Auditing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytical Skills, Data Preprocessing, Business Analysis, Analytics, Data Analysis, Power BI, Machine Learning
★ 4.6 (1.2K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Responsible AI, IBM Cloud, ChatGPT, AI literacy, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Application Deployment, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), AI Enablement, Workflow Management, Machine Learning, No-Code Development, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Customer Service, AI Integrations, Customer experience improvement, Data Science
★ 4.7 (37K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

O.P. Jindal Global University
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Brand Loyalty, Customer Insights, Customer experience strategy (CX), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), User Research, Loyalty Programs, Performance Measurement, Customer Analysis, Business Metrics, Conversion Funnel Analysis, Customer Engagement, Storytelling, Customer Success Management, Design Thinking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Storytelling, Data Visualization, Database Design, Tableau Software, Presentations, Descriptive Statistics, IBM DB2, Business Intelligence, Data Presentation, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Excel Formulas, Relational Databases, Data Visualization Software, IBM Cognos Analytics, Interactive Data Visualization, Microsoft SQL Servers, Regression Analysis
★ 4.7 (16K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Analysis, Risk Management
★ 4.7 (1.1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Growth Strategies, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Strategy, Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Market Dynamics, Competitive Analysis, Market Opportunities, Strategic Decision-Making
★ 4.7 (727) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks