For a successful business startup, develop a detailed business plan.
Include the:
Databases
Use the search terms "business plans" or "small business plans"
to retrieve full text articles from magazines such as Entrepreneur or Franchising
World or journals such as International
Small Business Journal.
eBooks
Business Plans Handbook Series
Contains templates and 25 sample plans for manfacturing, service, and retail
businesses as well as other useful links for entreprenteurs and consultants.
Click on the "eTable of Contents" link for each one to see the specific
type of businesses included in that volume. Among the hundreds of sample plans
there are, for example, some for a car wash, day care center, internet services
portal, homeless shelter, and online mortgage services.
Encyclopedia
of Small Business
Contains detailed articles designed to fulfill
the practical information needs of small business owners. Includes
financing, business plans,
marketing, sales, taxes, and human resource issues.
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Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Plans and Proposals by K. Dennis Chambers. 2008. (658.401 CHA).
Aims to save entrepreneurs time and effort when securing financing for startups, proposals for contracts with a focus on good writing. Practical guidance is given in templates, cases, glossaries, model letters and sample plans.
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Complete Book of Business Plans: Simple Steps to Writing Powerful Business Plans by Joseph A. Covello and Brian H. Hazelgren. 2006. (658.401 COV).
Contains evaluation of business ideas, market analysis, management and personnel plans, financial projections, the executive summary, financial ratios and sample plans.
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Anatomy
of a Business Plan by Linda Pinson. 2005. (658.4012 PIN).
This
step-by-step guide includes sample plans, forms, templates,
the latest changes affecting small business, and a new section
on researching financial and marketing information.
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How
to Write a Business Plan by Mike McKeever. 2005. (658.4012 MCK).
Strategies, examples, and worksheets to help entrepreneurs write
effective business plans. |
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Bankable
Business Plans by Edward Rogoff. 2004. (658.401 ROG).
Especially helpful advice on creating business plans that financial
backers will want to support. |
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Search the catalog for more books on business
planning.
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