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.

Skills you'll gain: Financial Forecasting, Financial Data, Variance Analysis, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Financial Modeling, Cash Flow Forecasting, Cost Management, Supervised Learning, Financial Planning, Applied Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Risk Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Credit Risk, Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering, Data Pipelines
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Brand Awareness, Pivot Tables And Charts, Brand Management, Market Intelligence, Surveys, Marketing Analytics, Branding, Google Analytics, Dashboard, Looker (Software), Business Intelligence, Market Research, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Financial Forecasting, Data Storytelling, Tableau Software, Power BI, Forecasting, Regression Analysis, SQL
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, AI Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, AI Enablement, Agentic systems, AI Security, Prompt Patterns, Salesforce, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence, Application Lifecycle Management, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Architecture, Automation, Business Requirements, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Data Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Recognizing Others, Leadership Development, Leadership, Growth Mindedness, Initiative and Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership, Personal Development, Team Motivation, Leadership and Management, Self-Awareness, Drive Engagement, Strategic Leadership, Influencing, Motivational Skills, Business Leadership, Trustworthiness, Visionary, Team Management, Team Oriented
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Working Capital, Business Valuation, Financial Forecasting, Dashboard, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Income Statement, Forecasting, Real Time Data, Machine Learning, Power BI, Extract, Transform, Load, Tableau Software, Financial Data, Finance
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Decision Tree Learning, Supervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Risk Modeling, Financial Modeling, Financial Data, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Workflow Management, Data Validation, Data Preprocessing, Data Ethics, Model Evaluation, Responsible AI, Performance Reporting, Business Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Organizational Change, Audit Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Project Closure, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Entrepreneurship, Financial Auditing, Data Governance, Generative AI, Supply And Demand
Credit offered
Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Meeting Facilitation, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Telephone Skills, Writing, Employee Coaching, Business Leadership, English Language, Staff Management, Recruitment, Verbal Communication Skills, Team Building, Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Surveys, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Focus Group, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Data Synthesis, Market Research, Proposal Writing, Data Storytelling, Statistical Analysis, Presentations, Discussion Facilitation, Marketing Analytics, Marketing, Research Methodologies, Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Market Analysis, Survey Creation, Business Research
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Angular, Mobile Development, Service Design, Front-End Web Development, UI Components, Data Validation, Application Development, Application Frameworks, Service Oriented Architecture, JavaScript Frameworks, Business Logic
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Data Transformation, SPSS (Software), SPSS, Descriptive Analytics, Data Visualization, Logistic Regression, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Analytics, Data Presentation, Data Preprocessing, Descriptive Statistics, Business Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Market Data, Statistical Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: Data Transformation, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines, Power BI, Data Quality, Dashboard, PySpark, Business Intelligence, Data Integrity, Data Governance, CI/CD, Data Validation, Data Visualization, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks