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.

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Sensory Systems Analysis, Marketing Psychology, Influencing, Case Studies, Persuasive Communication, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Consumer Behaviour, Decision Making, Marketing Effectiveness, Neurology, Behavioral Economics, Marketing, Psychology, Anatomy
★ 4.4 (43) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Meta Ads Manager, Generative AI, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Strategy, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
★ 4.7 (58) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Business Modeling, Technology Strategies, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Transformation, Organizational Strategy, Business Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Product Management, Market Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Competitive Analysis, Market Share, Value Propositions, Network Analysis
★ 4.8 (66) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Tax Laws, Corporate Tax, Tax, International Finance, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Tax Management, Tax Compliance, Export Control, Intercompany Accounting, Regulatory Compliance, Policy Analysis, Research, and Development
★ 4.8 (62) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Applied Machine Learning, Anomaly Detection, Generative AI, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Model Evaluation, Text Mining, Predictive Modeling, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Generative Model Architectures, Forecasting, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning Methods, Statistical Machine Learning, Model Training, Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Predictive Analytics, Unstructured Data, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis
★ 4.6 (63) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Experimentation, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Variance Analysis, Data Analysis, Sample Size Determination, Statistical Modeling
★ 4.8 (84) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualization Software, Data Import/Export, Business Reporting, Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Productivity Software
★ 4.5 (71) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Change Management, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Leadership and Management, Business Transformation, Business Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Leadership, People Management, Culture Transformation, Continuous Improvement Process, Team Performance Management, Staff Management, Overcoming Objections, Emotional Intelligence, Strategic Planning, Drive Engagement
★ 4.7 (60) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Sydney
Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creative Problem-Solving, Innovation, Ideation, Cognitive flexibility, Design Thinking, Open Mindset, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving
★ 4.8 (87) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Classification Algorithms, Business Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Analytics, Regression Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Data Processing, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Python Programming, Decision Tree Learning
★ 4.6 (42) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Data Modeling, Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, Performance Tuning, Business Intelligence Software, SQL, Data Analysis, Data Persistence
★ 4.7 (72) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Machine Learning Methods, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Algorithms, Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, Machine Learning, AI literacy, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Supervised Learning, Automation, Market Intelligence, Human Machine Interfaces, Emerging Technologies, Deep Learning, Human Factors
★ 4.4 (60) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months