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.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Strategic Partnership, Strategic Decision-Making, Regional Sales, Competitive Analysis, Global Marketing, Market Opportunities, E-Commerce, Cultural Sensitivity, Market Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Financial Data, Annual Reports, Regulatory Requirements, Analysis, Risk Analysis, Regulatory Documents, Market Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Income Statement, Business Valuation, Investment Banking, Balance Sheet, Capital Markets, Fundraising, Equities, Underwriting, Financial Modeling, Securities (Finance), Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Forecasting, Go To Market Strategy, Financial Market, Corporate Finance, Market Dynamics, Market Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Customer Insights, Marketing Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Web Analytics, Retail Store Operations, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Histogram, Decision Tree Learning, Model Evaluation, Pandas (Python Package)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Proposal Development, Web Analytics, Presentations, Marketing Materials, Finance, Project Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, Social Media, Resource Allocation, Social Media Marketing, Marketing, User Accounts, Account Management, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Web Scraping, SQL, Data Visualization Software, Pandas (Python Package), NumPy, Data Analysis, Databases, Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Data Processing, Jupyter, Data Wrangling, Data Cleansing, Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Containerization, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Cloud Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Multi-Cloud, Microservices, Data Migration, Digital Transformation, Application Development, Virtual Machines, Leadership and Management, Finance
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Mathematics Education, Instructional Strategies, Teaching, Digital pedagogy, Curriculum Planning, Simulation and Simulation Software, Interactive Design, Display Devices
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Innovation, Architectural Design, Problem Solving, Design Thinking, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Marketing, Game Design, Consumer Behaviour, Experimentation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Agile Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Jira (Software), Sprint Retrospectives, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Planning, User Story, Backlogs, Kanban Principles, Agile Product Development, Lean Methodologies, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Team Management, Risk Management, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Prioritization, Azure DevOps, Test Planning
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months