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.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Investments, Portfolio Management, Return On Investment, Performance Analysis, Finance, Equities, Behavioral Economics, Asset Management, Portfolio Risk, Tax Planning, Market Trend, Regression Analysis
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Dashboard, Trend Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Customer Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Sales, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Business Analytics, Data Import/Export
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Google Sheets, Dashboard, Spreadsheet Software, Financial Statements, Accounting and Finance Software, Bookkeeping, Financial Reporting, Data Entry
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, Mobile Development, Google Sheets, Application Development, Application Design, Application Deployment, Data Structures, User Accounts, Personalized Service, User Feedback, Web Development, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Leadership Development, Strategic Decision-Making, Culture Transformation, Accountability, Strategic Thinking, Organizational Change, Business Strategy, Compensation Management, Change Management, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Case Studies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Market Dynamics, Competitive Analysis, Market Trend, Market Share, Trend Analysis, Case Studies, Market Analysis, Business Economics, Strategic Marketing, Business Strategies, Business Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Corporate Strategy, Benchmarking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Skills you'll gain: Brand Strategy, Branding, Brand Awareness, Content Strategy, Business Strategies, Market Research, Content Creation, Creative Design, Target Audience, Value Propositions
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Programming Principles, Full-Stack Web Development, GitHub, Version Control, Program Development, Debugging, Computational Thinking, Git (Version Control System), Computer Programming, Algorithms, Web Development, C# (Programming Language), Back-End Web Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Howard University
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Business Software, Information Systems, Cloud Computing, Business Systems, Business Technologies, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Security, Virtualization, Digital Transformation, Cloud Services, Management Information Systems, Product Design, Business Solutions, Information Technology, Cloud Infrastructure, Customer Insights, User Centered Design, Cybersecurity, Data Management
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Data Analysis
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualization Software, Spreadsheet Software, Pivot Tables And Charts, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Data Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud Deployment, User Story, Microservices, OpenShift, Application Deployment, Code Review, Kubernetes, Test Driven Development (TDD), Scrum (Software Development), Agile Methodology, Containerization, Restful API, Flask (Web Framework), Docker (Software), Kanban Principles, Secure Coding, Cloud Computing, GitHub
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months