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 Huddersfield
Skills you'll gain: Performance Appraisal, Employee Performance Management, Performance Management, Team Motivation, People Management, Team Management, Team Leadership, Motivational Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, Organizational Leadership, Workplace inclusivity, Human Resources Management and Planning, Diversity Awareness, Leadership
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: TikTok, Storytelling, Content Creation, Storyboarding, Video Production, Scripting, Concision, Writing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentation, Influencing, Persuasive Communication, Intercultural Competence, Virtual Teams, Storytelling, Behavioral Economics, Business Research, Value Propositions, Active Listening, Market Research, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Sales Pipelines, Marketing Psychology, Digital Communications, Collaboration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Communication, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, AI Enablement, Presentations, Generative AI, AI Personalization, AI Workflows, Multimedia, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity Software, Content Creation, Brainstorming, Proofreading
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban Principles, Team Oriented, User Story, Team Building, Continuous Improvement Process
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Facebook, Social Media, Persona Development, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Customer Insights, Presentations, Web Analytics, Marketing Budgets
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media Content, Content Creation, Content Performance Analysis, Content Marketing, Social Media, Drive Engagement, Social Media Strategy, Digital Media Strategy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Unsupervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Model Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Web Services, Applied Machine Learning, Amazon Redshift, Machine Learning Methods, Amazon S3, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cloud Computing, Model Evaluation, Forecasting, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Predictive Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Supervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Network Performance Management, Policy Development, Policy Analysis, Public Policies, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Business Economics, Socioeconomics, digital literacy, Telecommunications, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Technical Writing
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Business Process Automation, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Automation, OpenAI, Multimodal Prompts, Slack (Software), AI Personalization, Human Resources, Performance Metric, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Real Time Data, Google Sheets, Application Programming Interface (API), Scalability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Graphical Tools, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Data Sharing, Design Software, Content Creation, User Accounts, Social Media, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Collaborative Software, Database Administration, Identity and Access Management, Dashboard, Management Reporting, Customer Support, Business Reporting, Technical Support, Scheduling, Data Integration, Auditing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months