How to Write a Business Plan: 7th Editon ANNOTATION
"A thorough self-help book that will help you present a convincing financial opportunity to banks and investors in a format they can understand."--Home Office Computing.
SYNOPSIS
Everything you need to create a business forecast that potential investors
can embrace!Thinking of starting a business or raising money to expand an
existing one? This popular book will show you how to write the business plan and
loan package necessary to finance your business and make it work.
With How to Write a Business Plan, you'll learn how to:*evaluate the
profitability of your business idea*estimate operating expenses*prepare
cash flow*create profit and loss forecasts*determine assets, liabilities
and net worth*find potential sources of financing (up-to-date sources
provided)*think first before borrowing from friends and
relatives*present your plan to lenders and investors
How to Write a Business Plan now provides a CD-ROM with spreadsheets that
help you determine and forecast cash flow, financial statements, sales revenue,
and profit and loss. It also provides three sample business plans you can modify
for your own use.The 7th edition is completely updated, providing all-new
resources, both online and off.
FROM THE CRITICS
Home Office Computing
a thorough self-help book that will lead you through the process.
Examples and worksheets will help you present a convincing financial
opportunity to banks and investors in a format they understand.
San Francisco Examiner
Anyone who starts or operates a small business without a business plan
takes a needless risk of either failure or no growth. Hereﾽs an
easy-to-follow book that takes the reader step-by-step ﾽ to get the
budding entrepreneur off to a successful business start-up.
BusinessLife
Shows how to write a sound business plan, including strategies for:
evaluating the profitability of a business idea; estimating operating
expenses... finding potential sources of financing; and presenting a plan
to lenders.
Home Office Computing
... a thorough self-help book that will lead you through the process. Examples and worksheets will help you present a convincing financial opportunity to banks and investors in a format they understand.
San Francisco Examiner
Anyone who starts or operates a small business without a business plan takes a needless risk of either failure or no growth. Hereﾽs an easy-to-follow book that takes the reader step-by-step ... to get the budding entrepreneur off to a successful business start-up.
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ACCREDITATION
Mike McKeever has a B.A. in Economics from Whittier College, a Master's in Economics from the London (England) School of Economics and has done post-graduate work in financial analysis at the USC Business School. Mike has taught classes at numerous community colleges in entrepreneurship and small business management. Author of How to Write a Business Plan, he has published articles on entrepreneurship for Dow Jones publications, the Sloan Publications Business Journal and numerous newspapers and periodicals. Currently, Mike runs a company, Business Plan Workshop, in which his business plan book features prominently.
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