Synopses & Reviews
From envisioning the organizational structure to creating the marketing plan that powers growth to building for the future with airtight financial documents, this guide provides the tools to create well-constructed business plans. Beginning with the initial considerations, this handbook offers proven, step-by-step advice for developing and packaging the components of a business plan—cover sheet, table of contents, executive summary, description of the business, organizational and marketing plans, and financial and supporting documents—and for keeping the plan up-to-date. Four real-life business plans and blank forms and worksheets provide readers with additional user-friendly guidelines for the creation of the plans. This updated seventh edition features new chapters on financing resources and business planning for nonprofits as well as a sample restaurant business plan.
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"Anatomy of a Business Plan and [its companion software] Automate Your Business Plan have served as excellent business planning and financial analysis tools for Dale Carnegie Training Centers Worldwide." —Marc K. Johnston, senior vice president, franchise development, Dale Carnegie Training Centers Worldwide
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"Simply put, Anatomy of a Business Plan with its companion software, Automate Your Business Plan, is the best step-by-step guide to starting, building, and raising capital for your business." —Thomas Jay Wacker, Centaur Holdings Corporation
Synopsis
From envisioning the organizational structure to creating the marketing plan that powers growth to building for the future with airtight financial documents, this guide provides the tools to create well-constructed business plans. Beginning with the initial considerations, this handbook offers proven, step-by-step advice for developing and packaging the components of a business plancover sheet, table of contents, executive summary, description of the business, organizational and marketing plans, and financial and supporting documentsand for keeping the plan up-to-date. Four real-life business plans and blank forms and worksheets provide readers with additional user-friendly guidelines for the creation of the plans. This updated seventh edition features new chapters on financing resources and business planning for nonprofits as well as a sample restaurant business plan.
About the Author
Linda Pinson is the author of nine entrepreneurial books, including Keeping the Books and Steps to Small Business Start-Up, and the developer and publisher of the bestselling business plan software program, Automate Your Business Plan. She also served as a delegate and tax issue chair at the White House Conference on Small Business. She lives in Tustin, California.