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.

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Emotional Intelligence, Agile Project Management, Conflict Management, Program Management, Sprint Retrospectives, Project Portfolio Management, Negotiation, Agile Methodology, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Project Controls, Project Risk Management, Team Leadership, Project Management, Quality Management, Leadership, Scaled Agile Framework, Team Performance Management, Decision Making, Continuous Improvement Process, User Feedback
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Cost Control, Budget Management, Quality Assurance and Control, Quality Assurance, Project Performance, Quality Management, Quality Control, Agile Project Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Management, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Account Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Bank Regulations, Deposit Accounts, Banking, Financial Regulation, Financial Regulations, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Mobile Banking, Cash Management, Loans, Consumer Lending, Market Liquidity, Investment Management, Financial Market, Finance, Investments, Economics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Estimation, Data Collection, Risk Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Software, Return On Investment, Statistical Analysis, Sample Size Determination, Quantitative Research, R (Software), Data Analysis, Risk Management, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, R Programming, Project Estimation, Business Analysis
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidades Anáhuac
Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI Agents, Customer Analysis, Business Analytics, AI Product Strategy, Decision Support Systems, AI literacy, Agentic Workflows, AI Personalization, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Agentic systems, Predictive Modeling, Image Analysis, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Big Data
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Risk Management Framework, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Incident Management, Network Security, Incident Response, Cloud Security, Cyber Attacks, Authentications, Business Continuity Planning, Information Systems Security, Application Security, Security Management, Threat Modeling, Computer Security Incident Management, OSI Models, Threat Management, Cryptography, Vulnerability Assessments
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Database Design, Transact-SQL, Data Visualization, Microsoft SQL Servers, Power BI, Database Management, Database Development, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, SQL, Data Preprocessing, Data Management, Data Integrity, Data Modeling, Data Access, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Real Madrid Graduate School Universidad Europea
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, AI Personalization, Driving engagement, Predictive Analytics, Customer Engagement, Advanced Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Digital Brand Strategy, Marketing Strategies, Personalized Campaigns, Emerging Technologies, Revenue Management, Brand Loyalty, Loyalty Programs, Brand Marketing, Digital Media Strategy, Media Relations, Price Negotiation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, LLM Application, OpenAI, Agentic Workflows, Model Context Protocol, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Decision Intelligence, Tool Calling, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, AI Integrations, Artificial Intelligence, Application Programming Interface (API), Context Management, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Memory Management, Development Environment, Application Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Disaster Recovery, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Firewall, Network Security, Cloud Security, Amazon DynamoDB, Cloud Solutions, Scalability, Security Management, NoSQL, Cyber Security Policies, Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Self-Awareness, Professional Development, Personal Development, Smart Goals, Goal Setting, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Attributes, Leadership Development, Management Training And Development, People Development, Adaptability, Cognitive flexibility, Dealing With Ambiguity, Team Leadership, Organizational Change, Team Performance Management, Leadership and Management, Leadership, Team Management, Decision Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months