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Business Plan Courses

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.


Popular Business Plan Courses and Certifications


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    University of Cape Town

    How Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets can master the Blockchain Technology

    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

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Real Estate Development: Building Value in Your Community

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Modeling, Community Development, Real Estate, Feasibility Studies, Financial Analysis, Risk Management, Community Outreach, Project Finance, Due Diligence, Sustainable Development, Property Management, Project Management, Capital Markets, Market Research

    4.9
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    GenAI for Business Intelligence Analysts

    Skills you'll gain: Business Intelligence, Generative AI, Business Analytics, Responsible AI, Business Process Automation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Ethics, Data Storytelling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Validation, Project Implementation

    4.6
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universidad de Palermo

    Disrupción Digital

    Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Business Planning, Technology Strategies, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Business Modeling, Emerging Technologies, Organizational Change, Business Technologies, Customer experience improvement

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    44 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

    Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Analytics, Quantitative Research, Sampling (Statistics), Probability & Statistics, Business Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Business Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Variance Analysis, Statistical Inference

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    22 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Spring - Cloud Overview

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Spring Boot, Software Architecture, API Gateway, Spring Framework, Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Load Balancing, Systems Architecture, Web Services, Cloud Services, Software Design Patterns, Scalability, Restful API, Service Management

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    71 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Virginia

    Основы бизнес-стратегии

    Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Business Planning, Corporate Strategy, Market Share, Strategic Decision-Making, Market Analysis, Analysis, Market Dynamics, Value Propositions, Communication

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Starweaver

    Fundamentals of Effective Team Management

    Skills you'll gain: Team Management, Team Leadership, Team Performance Management, Team Building, Teamwork, Team Motivation, People Management, Leadership and Management, Conflict Management, Leadership, Collaboration, Diversity and Inclusion, Talent Management, Talent Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Performance Appraisal, Communication Strategies, Communication

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    68 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Data calculations in Microsoft Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft 365, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    40 reviews

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    AI Business School

    Introduction to AI for finance professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Risk Management, AI Security, Generative AI, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, LLM Application, AI Workflows, Finance, Automation

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    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    16 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Pennsylvania

    Driving Operational Performance

    Skills you'll gain: Process Analysis, Operational Performance Management, Capacity Planning, Operational Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Operations Management, Operational Efficiency, Business Operations, Process Optimization, Business Metrics, Business Workflow Analysis, Performance Analysis, Business Process Management, Return On Investment, Customer Analysis, Resource Utilization, Customer experience improvement

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California San Diego

    Design Thinking and Predictive Analytics for Data Products

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Data Manipulation, Classification Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Machine Learning Algorithms, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Regression Analysis, Tensorflow, Statistical Methods, Logistic Regression

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular business plan courses

  • How Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets can master the Blockchain Technology: University of Cape Town
  • Real Estate Development: Building Value in Your Community: University of Michigan
  • GenAI for Business Intelligence Analysts: Coursera
  • Disrupción Digital: Universidad de Palermo
  • Data Analysis: S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
  • Spring - Cloud Overview: LearnQuest
  • Основы бизнес-стратегии: University of Virginia
  • Fundamentals of Effective Team Management: Starweaver
  • Data calculations in Microsoft Excel: Coursera
  • Introduction to AI for finance professionals: AI Business School

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