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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Oral Expression, Public Speaking, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication, Multimedia
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Nutrition and Diet, Preventative Care, Injury Prevention, Public Health, Vital Signs, Safety Assurance, Athletic Training, Physiology, Health Assessment, Behavior Management, Emergency Response, Psychology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Creative Problem-Solving, Team Building, Ideation, Creative Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Visionary, Initiative and Leadership, New Product Development, Design and Product, Strategic Planning, Persistence, Overcoming Obstacles, Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Cold Calling, Selling Techniques, Closing (Sales), Overcoming Objections, Sales Presentation, Sales, Sales Process, Sales Prospecting, Lead Generation, Telephone Skills, Customer Relationship Building, Active Listening, Communication Strategies, Customer Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, IBM DB2, Star Schema, PostgreSQL, Snowflake Schema, Data Mart, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Database Design, Data Lakes, Data Integration, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Technical Analysis, Google Sheets, Market Data, Data Visualization, Trend Analysis, Web Scraping, Data Visualization Software
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

École normale supérieure
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Development, Economic Development, Socioeconomics, Financial Market, Sustainable Business, Climate Change Mitigation, Financial Policy, Sustainable Technologies, Environment and Resource Management, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Economics, Environmental Policy, Governance, Accounting, Public Policies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Due Diligence, Sustainable Development, Project Finance, Investments, Social Impact, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Proposal Development, Investment Banking, Entrepreneurship, Market Opportunities, Fundraising, Sustainable Business, Sales Presentations, Governance, Feasibility Studies, Needs Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement, Economic Development, Financial Analysis, Asset Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Customer Analysis, Strategic Planning, Strategic Marketing, Organizational Strategy, Growth Strategies, Competitive Analysis, Business Planning, Market Analysis, Strategic Decision-Making, Value Propositions, Analysis, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software, Data Entry, Productivity Software, Data Manipulation, Expense Management, Budgeting, Inventory Management System, Data Management, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Business Analysis
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualization Software, Google Sheets
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Lead Generation, Email Automation, No-Code Development, Google Sheets, Application Deployment, Real Time Data, Customer Communications Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours