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.

SkillUp
Skills you'll gain: Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Agile Project Management, Team Building, Agile Methodology, Team Management, Meeting Facilitation, Organizational Change, Team Leadership, User Story, Employee Coaching, Stakeholder Management, Change Management, Conflict Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Budgeting, Capital Markets, Finance, Securities (Finance), Financial Management, Investments, Financial Analysis, Equities, Return On Investment, Cash Flows, Risk Management, Risk Analysis
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Climate Change Programs, Business Transformation, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Systems Thinking, Business Modeling, Waste Minimization, Innovation, Case Studies, Resource Utilization, Stakeholder Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad Austral
Skills you'll gain: Organizational Structure, Organizational Change, Agile Methodology, Culture Transformation, Business Transformation, Agile Project Management, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Continuous Improvement Process, Complex Problem Solving
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Project Management, Compliance Management, Strategic Decision-Making, Expectation Management, Milestones (Project Management), Project Schedules, Stakeholder Analysis, Resource Management, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Relationship Management, Project Planning, Project Implementation, Project Documentation, Risk Management, Engineering Documentation, Technical Documentation
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

CVS Health
Skills you'll gain: Greeting Customers, Cross Selling, Customer Service, Upselling, Conflict Management, Retail Store Operations, Transaction Processing, Customer Engagement, Professionalism, Product Demonstration, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Empathy, Verbal Communication Skills, Social Media, Active Listening, Communication, Non-Verbal Communication, Time Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Unsupervised Learning, Deep Learning, Autoencoders, Anomaly Detection, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Modeling, Classification Algorithms, Data Preprocessing, Random Forest Algorithm, Data Manipulation, Feature Engineering, Dimensionality Reduction
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

West Virginia University
Skills you'll gain: Recruitment, Sales Training, Sales Management, Talent Recruitment, Sales, Employee Training, Performance Appraisal, Team Motivation, Interviewing Skills, Job Analysis, Performance Measurement
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

The University of Sydney
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Strategy, Professional Networking, Data Ethics, Social Network Analysis, Analytics, Media and Communications, Social Sciences, Content Creation, Business Ethics, Information Privacy
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Harvard Business Review
Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Business Acumen, Business Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Decision Making, Competitive Analysis, Financial Statements, Leadership, Financial Analysis, Team Leadership, Critical Thinking
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Pivot Tables And Charts, Sample Size Determination, Data Visualization, Statistical Inference, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel, Correlation Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Business Analytics, Spreadsheet Software, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Visualization, Data Presentation
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Gmail, Google Workspace, Email Security, Email Automation, Productivity, Productivity Software, Organizational Skills, Business Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months