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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mike P McKeever |
| ISBN: | 9781413317497 1413317499 |
| OCLC Number: | 794624793 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Setting the stage : What kind of a plan do you need? ; Meet Antoinette ; Getting started ; An a few more words -- Benefits of writing a business plan : What is a business plan? ; Why write a business plan? ; Issues beyond the plan -- Do you really want to own a business? : Self-evaluation exercises ; How to use the self-evaluation lists ; Reality check: banker's analysis -- Choosing the right business : Know your business ; Be sure you like your business ; Describe your business ; Taste, trend, and technology: how will the future affect your business? ; Break-even analysis: will your business make money? ; What you have accomplished -- Potential sources of money to start or expand your small business : Ways to raise money ; Common money sources to start or expand a business ; Now that you've proven yourself, how about expanding? ; If no one will finance your business, try again ; Secondary sources of financing for start ups or expansions -- Your résumé and financial statement : Draft your business accomplishment résumé ; Draft your personal financial statement -- Your profit and loss forecast : What is a profit and loss forecast? ; Determine your average cost of sales ; Complete your profit and loss forecast ; Review your profit and floss forecast -- Your cash flow loss forecast and capital spending plan : Prepare your capital spending plan ; Prepare your cash flow forecast ; Required Investment for your business ; Check for trouble -- Write your marketing and personnel plans : Marketing plan ; Personnel plan -- Editing and finalizing your business plan : Decide how to organize your plan ; Write final portions of your plan ; Create the appendix ; Create the title page and table of contents ; Complete your final edit ; Consider using a business consultant -- Selling your business plan : How to ask for the money you need ; How to approach difference backers ; What to do when someone says "yes" ; Plan in advance for legal details -- After you open: keeping on the path to success : Watch out for problem areas ; Getting out of business -- Good resources for small businesses : Business consultants ; Books ; Pamphlets ; Magazines: continuing small business help ; Computers and business ; Online business resources ; Formal education -- Appendixes : Business plan for a small service business ; Business plan for a manufacturing business ; Business plan for project development : Market value of the house on completion ; Terms of the expected sale ; Title to the property ; Costs to remodel the property ; Sales price ; Cash flow -- How to use the interactive forms : Editing RTFs ; Files on the books's companion page. |
| Responsibility: | Mike McKeever. |
Abstract:
If a reader is thinking of starting a business or raising money to expand an existing one, they'll need a plan. This edition is completely updated, providing all-new online resources and updated examples of successful business plans.
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