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Business Plan Courses

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.


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Popular Business Plan Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Auditing I: Conceptual Foundations of Auditing

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Auditing, Auditing, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, Auditors Report, External Auditing, Certified Public Accountant, Audit Planning, Quality Assurance and Control, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Financial Statements, Financial Reporting, Risk Analysis

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    711 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    Lund University

    Digital Business Models

    Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Business Process, Software Development, Network Analysis, Business Strategy, E-Commerce, Strategic Thinking, Value Propositions, Apple iOS, Decision Making, Case Studies, Amazon Web Services

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    572 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • F

    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Entrepreneurship

    Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Entrepreneurship, Value Propositions, Presentations, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, New Product Development, Product Development, Business Planning, New Business Development, Business Risk Management, Business Modeling, Financial Analysis, Business Communication

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • V

    Vanderbilt University

    Generative AI for Leaders

    Skills you'll gain: Succession Planning, Business Writing, Generative AI, Leadership, Meeting Facilitation, Organizational Leadership, AI Enablement, Business Leadership, Proposal Writing, Thought Leadership, Prompt Engineering, Human Resource Strategy, Business Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    657 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Florida

    Personality Types at Work

    Skills you'll gain: Emotional Intelligence, Professional Development, Performance Review, Team Building, Employee Performance Management, Personal Development, Self-Awareness, Team Management, People Management, Interpersonal Communications, Interviewing Skills, Writing, Leadership

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    776 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • M

    Microsoft

    Project Management Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Project Management, Stakeholder Communications, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Coordination, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Implementation, Project Planning, Risk Management, Leadership

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    563 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Salesforce

    Salesforce Sales Development Representative

    Skills you'll gain: Overcoming Objections, Prospecting and Qualification, Customer Relationship Management, Lead Generation, Sales Development, Time Management, Business Writing, Salesforce, Writing, Productivity, Cold Calling, Sales Prospecting, Growth Mindedness, Verbal Communication Skills, Cultural Diversity, Sales Enablement, Empathy, Interviewing Skills, Professional Development, Sales

    Build toward a degree

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    602 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • D

    Digital Marketing Institute

    Social Media Marketing in Practice

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, Digital Media Strategy, Facebook, Content Marketing, Instagram, LinkedIn, Digital Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Marketing, Target Audience, Marketing Strategies, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Content, Digital Advertising, Web Analytics, Brand Awareness, B2B Sales

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    630 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    University of Minnesota

    Enterprise Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Systems, Change Management, Business Technologies, Organizational Change, System Implementation, Business Process, Case Studies, Business Management, Business, Business Strategy

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    840 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Corporate Finance Institute

    Preparatory Certificate in Finance and Financial Markets

    Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Financial Statement Analysis, Annual Reports, Mergers & Acquisitions, Income Statement, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Banking Services, Credit Risk, Loans, Capital Expenditure, Corporate Finance, Banking, Accounting, Capital Markets, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Balance Sheet, Financial Trading, Wealth Management

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    732 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    Universidad de Palermo

    Inteligencia Artificial y Ciencia de Datos para Negocios

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Multimodal Prompts, Responsible AI, Predictive Modeling, Business Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Generative AI, Business Leadership, Business Ethics, Business Analytics, AI Workflows, Organizational Change, LLM Application, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Emerging Technologies, Innovation

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    1K reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Washington

    Data Science at Scale

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Unsupervised Learning, Data Ethics, Statistical Visualization, Data Storytelling, Big Data, Relational Databases, Supervised Learning, Database Systems, Dataflow, Data Visualization Software, Databases, Statistical Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Predictive Analytics, R Programming, Data Analysis, SQL, Predictive Modeling, Python Programming

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
    ·
    923 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular business plan courses

  • Auditing I: Conceptual Foundations of Auditing: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Digital Business Models: Lund University
  • Entrepreneurship: Fundação Instituto de Administração
  • Generative AI for Leaders: Vanderbilt University
  • Personality Types at Work: University of Florida
  • Project Management Fundamentals: Microsoft
  • Salesforce Sales Development Representative: Salesforce
  • Social Media Marketing in Practice: Digital Marketing Institute
  • Enterprise Systems: University of Minnesota
  • Preparatory Certificate in Finance and Financial Markets: Corporate Finance Institute

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