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.

Digital Marketing Institute
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, Digital Media Strategy, Facebook, Content Marketing, Instagram, LinkedIn, Digital Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Marketing, Target Audience, Marketing Strategies, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Content, Digital Advertising, Web Analytics, Brand Awareness, B2B Sales
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Google Gemini, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Google Workspace, Google Cloud Platform, Gemini, AI Product Strategy, AI Enablement, AI Workflows, Productivity Software, AI Security, Unstructured Data, Tool Calling, Data Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Collaboration
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

SkillUp
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management Life Cycle, Resource Management, Risk Management, Earned Value Management, Stakeholder Management, Project Risk Management, Project Schedules, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Project Management, Negotiation, Project Planning, Leadership and Management, Risk Mitigation, Active Listening, Leadership, Systems Development Life Cycle, Scheduling, Risk Analysis, Cost Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Persona Development, Target Audience, Social Media Strategy, Customer experience strategy (CX), Digital Marketing, Customer Acquisition Management, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Customer Engagement, Social Media, Marketing, Value Propositions, Brand Management, E-Commerce, Mobile Banking, Branding, Experience Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Accrual Accounting, Financial Reporting, Balance Sheet, Revenue Recognition, Financial Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Cash Management, Accounts Receivable, Financial Statement Analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Depreciation, Accounting, Income Statement, Financial Statements, Cash Flows, Peer Review, General Accounting, Tax Management, International Financial Reporting Standards, Technical Accounting
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Data Ethics, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Product Lifecycle Management, Case Studies, Data Collection, Supervised Learning, Business Requirements, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Copenhagen Business School
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Corporate Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Development, Business Modeling, Innovation, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Marketing Communications, Business Strategies, Case Studies, Systems Thinking, Strategic Partnership
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Toronto
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Test Automation, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unit Testing, Python Programming, Program Development, Algorithms, Test Case, Software Testing, Debugging, Computational Thinking
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Knowledge Accelerators
Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Data Import/Export, Business Intelligence, Data Transformation, Microsoft Power Platform, Data Visualization, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Microsoft Excel, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Microsoft Teams, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Management Reporting, Microsoft 365, Data Modeling, Microsoft Office, Data Science
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidad de Chile
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Social Impact, Socioeconomics, Innovation, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Social Justice, Business Modeling, Economic Development, Business Ethics, Environment and Resource Management, Business Economics, Community Development, Economics, Climate Change Adaptation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Kennesaw State University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Quality Improvement, Process Optimization, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Data Analysis, Variance Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Melbourne
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Change Management, Organizational Change, Service Level Agreement, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Transformation, Workforce Planning, Contract Management, Governance, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months