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.

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, ChatGPT, No-Code Development, Microsoft Teams, Performance Analysis, Business Process Automation, Customer Engagement, Digital Publishing, Natural Language Processing, User Feedback, Application Deployment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Storytelling, Social Media Content, Creative Design, Style Guides, Graphic Design, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Customer experience strategy (CX), Marketing Strategies, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Communication Planning, Integrated Marketing Communications, Marketing Effectiveness, Customer Insights, Target Market, Marketing Analytics, Digital Transformation, Sales Strategy, Digital Advertising, Sales Process, Digital Communications, Content Strategy, MarTech
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Personalized Service, Target Audience, Customer Communications Management, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Business Requirements, Drive Engagement, Customer Service, Brand Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Benchmarking, Sales Strategy, Business Development, New Business Development, Market Research, Sales, Market Opportunities, Change Management, Innovation, Market Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Competitive Analysis, Target Market, Business Strategies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Socioeconomics, Social Impact, Sustainable Development, Communication Strategies, Governance, Journalism, Innovation, Sustainable Business, Stakeholder Engagement, Economics, Interviewing Skills, Business Modeling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Virtual Teams, Recognizing Others, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Collaboration, Occupational Health, Teamwork, Stress Management, Employee Engagement, Mental Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Crisis Management, Workplace inclusivity, Occupational Safety And Health, Human Resource Policies, Self-Awareness, Resilience, Communication, Leadership and Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Lesson Planning, Peer Review, Syllabus Development, Writing, Course Development, Developing Training Materials
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Customer Success Management, Customer Data Management, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Engagement, Consultative Approaches, Customer Retention, Market Analysis, Customer experience strategy (CX), Organizational Structure, Business Relationship Management, Business Solutions, Business Technologies, Active Listening, Technology Solutions, Communication, Presentations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Layout Design, Target Audience, Design, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Professional Networking, Application Programming Interface (API)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

UiPath
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Agentic systems, Business Process Automation, Prompt Engineering Tools, Automation, Multimodal Prompts, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, Responsible AI, AI Workflows, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, AI Security
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Programming Principles, Computational Logic, Software Development Tools, Development Environment, Secure Coding, Business Logic, Other Programming Languages, Program Development, Data Structures, Data Management, Development Testing, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months