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.

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Forecasting, Google Cloud Platform, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Cloud Storage
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Market Opportunities, Business Development, Business Planning, Growth Strategies, New Business Development, Business Strategies, Entrepreneurship, Peer Review, Business Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Goal Setting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Restful API, Test Script Development, Authentications, JSON, Authorization (Computing), Test Case, Data Import/Export, Scenario Testing, Java
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Debugging, Software Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Web Applications, Algorithms, JSON, Program Development, User Story, Javascript, Event-Driven Programming, Automation, Data Structures
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Planning, Database Management, Database Administration, Problem Management, Relational Databases, Incident Management, Service Management, Information Systems, Software Development Methodologies, IT Management, Asset Management, Project Design, Object Oriented Design, Agile Methodology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Cinematography, Videography, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Storyboarding, Video Production, Creativity, Storytelling, Content Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Business Continuity, Organizational Change, Engineering Management, Contingency Planning, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, Leadership, Innovation, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Vulnerability
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

American Council on Exercise
Skills you'll gain: Exercise Science, Mindfulness, Health And Wellness Coaching, Health Promotion, Health Technology, Injury Prevention, Community Health, Health Education, Geriatrics, Coaching, Motivational Skills
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Test Case, Test Driven Development (TDD), Debugging, Software Testing, Development Testing, Test Automation, Test Tools, Quality Assurance
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Blogs, Keyword Research, Web Analytics and SEO, Web Content, Content Development and Management, Content Creation, Content Strategy, AI Enablement, Editing, Generative AI, Writing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Data Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Classification Algorithms, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Analytics, Logistic Regression, Random Forest Algorithm, Bayesian Statistics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, Collaborative Software, System Design and Implementation, Interoperability, Coordination, Communication Systems, Network Protocols, Workflow Management, Case Studies, Scalability
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks