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.

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Sales Presentation, Sales Enablement, Taking Meeting Minutes, Microsoft Teams, Email Automation, Microsoft Outlook, Sales Process, Personalized Service, Customer Communications Management, Microsoft 365, Calendar Management, AI Enablement, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Negotiation, Customer Relationship Building
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

New York Institute of Finance
Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Market Opportunities, Market Trend, Market Dynamics, Market Analysis, Risk Modeling, Supply Chain, FinTech, Financial Services, Finance, Investments, Stakeholder Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

FAIR Institute
Skills you'll gain: Cyber Risk, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cyber Security Strategy, Risk Analysis, Risk Modeling, Threat Modeling, Operational Risk, Business Risk Management, Vulnerability Assessments, Stakeholder Communications, Continuous Improvement Process, Compliance Reporting, Decision Making, Financial Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Project Risk Management, Scope Management, Project Management, Strategic Communication, Change Management, Stakeholder Communications, Risk Analysis, Risk Mitigation, Cost Management, Communication, Management Reporting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft PowerPoint, Sales Presentation, Presentations, Sales Presentations, Target Audience, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Value Propositions, Microsoft Office, Business Communication, Team Oriented, Business Process
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Contract Negotiation, Media and Communications, Contract Management, Live Streaming, Content Creation, Social Media, Team Management, Marketing, Compensation Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Cape Town
Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cryptography, FinTech, Emerging Technologies, Machine Learning, Financial Data, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Systems, Supervised Learning, Information Privacy, Entrepreneurship, Technology Strategies, Unsupervised Learning, Data Integrity, Distributed Computing, Data Management, Reinforcement Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Collection, Data Management, Data Validation, Data Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Threat Detection, Data Access, Sampling (Statistics)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Skills you'll gain: Procurement, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Organizational Structure, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Talent Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, Procedure Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Web Analytics and SEO, Technical Support, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Scrum (Software Development), Agile Project Management, Backlogs, Sprint Planning, Agile Methodology, User Story, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Project Estimation, Scaled Agile Framework, Agile Product Development, Sprint Retrospectives, Waterfall Methodology, Lean Methodologies, Project Performance, Kanban Principles, Product Management, Project Management, Prioritization, Estimation, Problem Solving
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Digital Advertising, Email Marketing, Data Ethics, Generative AI, Marketing Automation, AI Personalization, Advertising Campaigns, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Content Creation, Keyword Research, AI Enablement, Prompt Engineering, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Copywriting, E-Commerce
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months