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.

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Business Economics, Economics, Gross Profit, Financial Acumen, Fiscal Management, Financial Policy, Corporate Finance, Financial Systems, Governmental Accounting, Operating Cost, Securities (Finance), Financial Market, Banking, Market Dynamics, Consumer Behaviour, Forecasting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Budget Management, Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Budget, Forecasting, Financial Management, Cost Control, Capital Budgeting, Business Planning, Capital Expenditure, Risk Modeling, Financial Planning, Inventory Control, Finance, Business Strategy
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Pinterest, Shared Media, Professional Networking, Visual Storytelling, Organizational Skills, User Accounts, Social Media, Collaboration, Project Portfolio Management, Brainstorming, Ideation, Driving engagement, Research
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Employee Performance Management, Performance Management, Human Resource Strategy, Human Resources Management and Planning, Human Resources, Workforce Development, Talent Management, Organizational Strategy, Employee Retention, Case Studies, Organizational Effectiveness, Analysis, Auditing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Minnesota
Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship, New Business Development, Emerging Technologies, Business Strategies, Information Technology, Market Opportunities, Scalability, Strategic Thinking, AI Enablement, Innovation, Team Building, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Data-Driven Decision-Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Warehousing, Power BI, Data Integration, Data Architecture, Data Visualization Software, Microsoft Azure, Apache Spark, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Storage, Database Management, Data Pipelines, Performance Tuning, Data Processing, Data Transformation, Query Languages, Cloud Security, Data Security, Security Controls, Scalability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Video Editing, Video Production, Marketing Materials, Content Creation, Marketing Design, Content Marketing, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Editing, Marketing, Storytelling, Multimedia, Branding, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Snowflake
Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, AI Workflows, Model Context Protocol, LLM Application, Artificial Intelligence, Tool Calling, Agentic systems, Prompt Engineering, Data Integration, Model Evaluation, SQL, Unstructured Data
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Salesforce
Skills you'll gain: Sales Pipelines, Sales Process, Customer Relationship Management, Salesforce, Customer Success Management, Sales Development, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Sales Support, Sales Operations, Sales Management, Campaign Management, Lead Generation, Data Visualization, Closing (Sales), Sales Enablement, Service Management, Order Management, Prospecting and Qualification, Product Knowledge, Sales
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Content Creation, Intellectual Property, Digital Publishing, Writing, Writing and Editing, Subcontracting, Marketing Strategies, Editing, Product Promotion, Branding
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Sales Pipelines, Sales Development, Sales Process, Lead Generation, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Sales Training, Sales Prospecting, Sales, Sales Strategy, Prospecting and Qualification, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Institut Mines-Télécom
Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Data Management, Data Strategy, Data Modeling, Data Quality, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Business Transformation, Data Governance, Business Intelligence, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Big Data, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Information Privacy, Data Visualization, Business Strategy, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months