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.

IESE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Value Propositions, Brand Management, Financial Statements, Customer Analysis, Marketing, Financial Statement Analysis, Branding, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Development, Business Analytics, Income Statement, Business Analysis, Intercultural Competence, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Financial Management, Financial Acumen, Cash Management, Leadership, Finance
★ 4.8 (5.6K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Peking University
Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Product Knowledge, Business Communication, Marketing, Oral Expression, Customer Complaint Resolution, Marketing Strategies, Verbal Communication Skills, Customer Service, Product Marketing, Oral Comprehension, Advertising, Vocabulary, Language Learning, Language Competency, Peer Review
★ 4.9 (150) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Risk Modeling, Operations Research, Regression Analysis, Network Model, Resource Allocation, Excel Macros, Business Analytics, Decision Making, Risk Analysis, Simulation and Simulation Software, Microsoft Excel, Business Risk Management, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Modeling, Financial Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Excel Formulas, Business, Spreadsheet Software, Data Analysis
★ 4.8 (4.1K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Agile Project Management, Backlogs, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, User Story, Sprint Planning, Agile Product Development, Product Roadmaps, Sprint Retrospectives, Coaching, Team Management, Organizational Change, Prioritization, Problem Solving, Influencing
★ 4.8 (15K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Glasgow
Skills you'll gain: Leadership and Management, Business Administration, Leadership Studies, Supply Chain, Marketing Strategies, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Management, Organizational Change, Business Leadership, Sustainable Business, Marketing, Financial Data, Business Operations, Business Management, Strategic Marketing, Innovation, Corporate Sustainability, Accounting, Change Management, Project Management
★ 4.6 (253) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Business Metrics, Analytics, Business Process Improvement, Process Improvement, Business Intelligence, Digital Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Business Process, Tableau Software, Business Analysis, Performance Measurement, Data Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Web Analytics, Performance Metric, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Strategy, Digital Transformation, Decision Making
★ 4.6 (8.5K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Multiple educators
Skills you'll gain: Email Security, Digital Forensics, Network Security, Cloud Computing Architecture, Incident Response, Incident Management, Business Continuity Planning, Penetration Testing, Computer Security Incident Management, Cloud Services, Business Continuity, Security Controls, System Configuration, Generative AI, Data Storage, Peripheral Devices, Cybersecurity, Application Security, Information Technology, Cryptography
★ 4.7 (15K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, AI literacy, Agentic Workflows, AI Orchestration, OpenAI API, AI Enablement, Java, Java Programming, AI powered creativity, Agentic systems, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, AI Workflows, Tool Calling, AI Integrations
★ 4.8 (7.9K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Oral Expression, Telephone Skills, Interviewing Skills, Presentations, Verbal Communication Skills, Sales Presentation, Cultural Sensitivity, Intercultural Competence, Non-Verbal Communication, Public Speaking, English Language, Vocabulary, Business Communication, Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Language Competency, Social Skills, Professionalism, Communication Strategies, Professional Development
★ 4.7 (10K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Usability Testing, Presentations, User Experience Design, User Experience, Usability, User Research, Mobile Development, Design Research, Data Ethics, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Public Speaking, Research Design, Prototyping, Research Methodologies, Interviewing Skills, Information Privacy
★ 4.8 (6K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Model Evaluation, Regression Analysis, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning Methods, Applied Machine Learning, Model Training, Statistical Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Decision Tree Learning, Python Programming, Logistic Regression, Model Optimization, Predictive Analytics, Classification Algorithms
★ 4.7 (18K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Wrangling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Predictive Modeling, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Model Evaluation, Data Processing, Data Science, Predictive Analytics, Model Training, Analytics, Model Optimization, Pandas (Python Package), Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Python Programming
★ 4.7 (20K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months