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.

Goldman Sachs
Skills you'll gain: Grant Writing, Finance, Financial Analysis, Fundraising, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Financial Forecasting, Stakeholder Communications, Financial Planning, Loans, Mergers & Acquisitions
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Lead Generation, HubSpot CRM, Sales Prospecting, Campaign Management, Sales Pipelines, Sales Process, AI Personalization, Email Automation, Performance Analysis, B2B Sales, Anthropic Claude, Marketing Automation, LinkedIn, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Prompt Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: FinTech, Wealth Management, Financial Trading, Investment Management, Asset Management, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Artificial Neural Networks, Portfolio Management, Machine Learning, Financial Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Bedrock, Cloud Computing Architecture, AI Workflows, Generative AI, Cloud Engineering, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Development, Cloud Computing, Applied Machine Learning, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Security, Amazon CloudWatch, Large Language Modeling, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Performance Tuning, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, Creativity, Image Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Quantitative Research, Histogram, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Visualization, Probability Distribution, Graphing, Influencing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

FAIR Institute
Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Cyber Risk, Cyber Governance, Cyber Security Strategy, Legal Risk, Business Risk Management, Operational Risk, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Safety Culture, Regulatory Compliance, Compliance Reporting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Campaign Management, Copywriting, Target Audience, Persona Development, Facebook, Advertising Campaigns, Social Media Campaigns, Customer Analysis, Target Market, Promotional Strategies, Customer Insights, Online Advertising, Advertising, Marketing Materials, Digital Advertising, Marketing, Performance marketing, Content Creation, Marketing Budgets, Video Production
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Layout Design, Image Quality
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Account Management, AI Personalization, Customer Engagement, Generative AI Agents, Customer Communications Management, Customer experience improvement, Personalized Service, Customer Insights, Communication, Scalability, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Predictive Modeling, Business Process Automation, Analytics, Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Power Apps Component Framework, Data Modeling
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Performance Improvement, Business Transformation, Data Integrity, Organizational Change, Data Security, Cloud Computing, Business Technologies, Technology Strategies, Business Process Improvement, Case Studies, Emerging Technologies, Market Trend
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks