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: Adobe InDesign, Layout Design, Color Theory, Typography, Photo Editing, Graphic Design, Design, Digital Design, Design Software
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, IT Service Management, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Service Management, Interoperability, Business Transformation, Data Strategy, DevOps, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, Systems Integration, Innovation, Application Programming Interface (API), Service Design, Service Level, Organizational Strategy, Mobile Banking, Social Media, E-Commerce, Business Modeling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Personalization, Target Audience, Marketing Materials, ChatGPT, Customer Insights, Generative AI, Marketing Analytics, Email Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Content Creation
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Food Safety and Sanitation, Food and Beverage, Legal Risk, Cleanliness, Restaurant Management, Restaurant Operation, Training Programs, Compliance Management, Food Quality Assurance And Control, Regulatory Compliance, Employee Training, Health And Safety Standards, Hazard Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Cross-Functional Collaboration, Project Management Software, Workflow Management, Organizational Skills, Project Management, Prioritization
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Regulatory Requirements, Compliance Management, Governance, Business Risk Management, Risk Management, Data Ethics, Anomaly Detection, Artificial Intelligence, AI Enablement, Forecasting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Financial Policy, Economics, Economic Development, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Public Policies, Tax, Policy Analysis, International Finance, Business Economics, Fiscal Management, Growth Strategies, Decision Making
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Target Audience, Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, Campaign Management, Driving engagement, Direct Marketing, Promotional Strategies, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Engagement, Sales, Automation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Data Preprocessing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Model Deployment, Data Analysis, PySpark, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation, Apache Spark, Decision Tree Learning, Customer Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Product Management, New Product Development, Agile Product Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Product Development, Product Improvement, Innovation, Product Roadmaps, Design Thinking, Analysis, Customer Insights, Growth Strategies, Product Testing, Communication, Business Modeling, Leadership and Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Probability & Statistics, AI Personalization, Statistical Software, Statistical Methods, Regression Analysis, Model Evaluation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Ethics, Unsupervised Learning, Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Customer Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Advanced Analytics, Bayesian Network, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Accountability, Decision Making, Conflict Management, Business Ethics, Risk Management, Strategic Leadership, Culture Transformation, Engineering Management, Organizational Leadership, Empathy, Organizational Strategy, Technical Management, Leadership, Professional Development, Employee Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months