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 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

University of Minnesota
Skills you'll gain: Finite Element Methods, Semiconductors, Electronic Systems, Computer Architecture, Manufacturing Processes, Process Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Simulation and Simulation Software, Mathematical Modeling, Electronic Components, Micrometer, Artificial Intelligence, Scalability
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Model Evaluation, Data Visualization, Clinical Data Management, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, R Programming, Predictive Analytics, Data Pipelines, Feature Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Random Forest Algorithm, Performance Tuning, Logistic Regression
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Power BI, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Dashboard, Workflow Management, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, Enterprise Application Management, Data Visualization Software, Postman API Platform, Serverless Computing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Unsupervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Model Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Web Services, Applied Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning Methods, Amazon S3, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cloud Computing, Model Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Predictive Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Supervised Learning, Regression Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Strategic Decision-Making, Corporate Finance, Working Capital, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Financial Management, Financial Forecasting, Cash Management, Growth Strategies, Capital Markets, Resource Allocation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Responsible AI, Prompt Patterns, Multimodal Prompts, Generative AI, OpenAI API, Generative Model Architectures, AI Workflows, Application Development, Business Process Automation, Web Applications, Scripting, Python Programming, Test Script Development, Tool Calling, AI Enablement, Full-Stack Web Development, GitHub, Jupyter
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Credit Risk, Derivatives, Finance, Case Studies, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Modeling, Portfolio Risk, Financial Market, Risk Management, Capital Markets, Mathematical Modeling, Probability
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Facebook, Marketing Budgets, Advertising Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Digital Advertising, Advertising, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, Goal Setting
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Workflow Management, Service Improvement, Kanban Principles, Business Process, Customer Analysis, Process Analysis, Capacity Management, Process Improvement, Operational Excellence, Team Performance Management, Lean Methodologies, Continuous Improvement Process, Systems Thinking
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Oracle Cloud, Oracle Databases, Cloud Computing, Data Architecture, Strategic Partnership, Cloud Security, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Deployment, Scalability, Data Security, Enterprise Architecture
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, Trend Analysis, Financial Data, Financial Modeling, Jupyter, Predictive Modeling, GitHub, Statistical Modeling, NumPy
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months