BUSINESS PLAN BASICS

1. Five Fatal Business Planning Mistakes

2. Five Ways a Business Plan Can Help Sell Your Business
3. Identifying Your Goals Before Writing Your Business Plan
4. Ten Preliminary Steps Before Writing a Business Plan
5. Ten Reasons Why You Need a Strong Business Plan
6. 60-Second Guide to Managing Growth Over the Long Haul
7. 60-Second Guide to Using Your Business Plan to Monitor Progress
8. 60-Second Guide to Writing a Business Plan
9. Advantages of a Business Plan
10. Business Plan Basics
11. Business Plans For Home-Based Businesses — Are They Different?
12. Can a Business Plan Hold You Back?
13. Creative Business Planning
14. Do I Need a Business Plan to Form a Corporation?
15. Five Fatal Business Planning Mistakes
16. Five Questions to Ask About Your Business Plan
17. Five Things Prospective Investors Are Looking For in Your Business Plan
18. Five Ways a Business Plan Can Help Sell Your Business
19. How Can You Keep Your Business Plan Confidential?
20. How to Do Research for Your Business Plan
21. How to Motivate Yourself to Actually Sit Down and Write Your Business Plan
22. Identifying Your Goals Before Writing Your Business Plan
23. If You're Making Money, Do You Need a Business Plan?
24. Is Your Business Plan Ready for the World?
25. Keeping Business Ideas Confidential
26. Mini Business Plans
27. Projecting Customer Visits for Your Business Plan
28. Reality Check: How Not to Oversell in Your Business Plan
29. Referring Back to Your Business Plan — How It Can Guide You in The Future
30. Researching Your Potential Industry
31. Resources for Business Planning
32. Ten Preliminary Steps Before Writing a Business Plan
33. Ten Reasons Why You Need a Strong Business Plan
34. Ten Things to Look for When Reviewing Your Business Plan

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35. The Pros and Cons of Hiring a Business Plan Writer
36. To Whom Should You Show Your Business Plan?
37. To Whom Should You Show Your Business Plan?
38. Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail
39. Top Ten Tips for Writing Your Business Plan
40. Using Software Programs to Write Your Business Plan
41. Web Resources for Business Plans
42. What Are Demographics and Psychographics?
43. What Do Venture Capitalists Look For in a Business Plan?
44. What Is a Mini Business Plan and When Is One Sufficient for Your Needs?
45. What Is a Perfect Business Plan?
46. What Is an Investor-Ready Business Plan?
47. What's the Best Length for a Business Plan?
48. When Should You Put Together a Business Plan?
49. Where Can I Find Information on Business Plan Software?
50. Where Can I Get Help with My Business Plan?
51. Where Can I Get Information on Preparing a Business Plan for a Start-up
Business?
52. Where Can I Get Sample Business Plans?
53. Why a Well-Written Business Plan Packs More Punch
54. Why Business Plans Matter
55. Working with a Business Planning Consultant
56. Writing a Winning Business Plan
57. Writing an Internal Business Plan
58. Writing an Outline for Your Business Plan

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 Contents of Business Plans

• How Much Should You Include About Your Background in a Business Plan?
• How to Make Your Competitive Analysis Stand Out in Your Business Plan
• Making Financial Projections in Your Business Plan
Ten Questions to Ask Yourself While Writing the Competitive Analysis for Your
Business Plan
• What Should Be Included in the Executive Summary on Your Business Plan?
• Business Overview Section of a Business Plan
• Business Plan for a Nonprofit Organization
• Competitive Analysis Section of a Business Plan
• Defining a Target Market in Your Business Plan
• Dot-Com Business Plans
• Executive Summary of a Business Plan
• Financial Plan Section of a Business Plan
• How Much Should You Include About Your Background in a Business Plan?
• How to Explain Your Products and Services in Your Business Plan
• How to Make Your Competitive Analysis Stand Out in Your Business Plan
• Making Financial Projections in Your Business Plan
• Management and Ownership Section of a Business Plan
• Market Information Section of a Business Plan
• Operational Strategies Section of a Business Plan
• Packaging a Business Plan
• Sales and Marketing Section of a Business Plan
• Should a Business Plan Include Financial Projections?
• Should You Include Expansion Plans in Your Business Plan?
• Ten Questions to Ask Yourself While Writing the Competitive Analysis for Your Business
Plan
• What Does My Market Analysis Need to Include?
• What Sections Should Be Included in a Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Executive Summary on Your Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Financial Section of Your Business Plan?
• What Supporting Documents Should You Attach to Your Business Plan?
• What to Include in The Marketing Section of Your Business Plan
• What to Include/Omit from Bios of Key Personnel in Your Business Plan
• Where Can I Get Information on Projections for a Business Plan?

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 Q&A
• Business Plans For Home-Based Businesses — Are They Different?
• Do I Need a Business Plan to Form a Corporation?
• What Sections Should Be Included in a Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Executive Summary on Your Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Financial Section of Your Business Plan?
• Business Plans For Home-Based Businesses — Are They Different?
• Can a Business Plan Hold You Back?
• Do I Need a Business Plan to Form a Corporation?
• How Can You Keep Your Business Plan Confidential?
• How Is Company Research Obtained?
• If You're Making Money, Do You Need a Business Plan?
• Is Your Business Plan Ready for the World?
• Should a Business Plan Include Financial Projections?
• Should You Include Expansion Plans in Your Business Plan?
• To Whom Should You Show Your Business Plan?
• What Does My Market Analysis Need to Include?
• What Is a Mini Business Plan and When Is One Sufficient for Your Needs?
• What Is a Perfect Business Plan?
• What Sections Should Be Included in a Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Executive Summary on Your Business Plan?
• What Should Be Included in the Financial Section of Your Business Plan?
• What's the Best Length for a Business Plan?
• When Should You Put Together a Business Plan?
• Where Can I Get Help with My Business Plan?

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