Capstone Project in Supervision and Management - MAN 4900: Business Plans

Whether you're starting a new business or you've been trading for a while, Creating a Business Plan For Dummies covers everything you need to know. Figure out whether your business idea is likely to work, how to identify your strategic advantage, and what you can do to gain an edge on the competition. Discover why a business plan doesn't have to be a thrity-page document that takes days to write, but can be a simple process that you do in stages as you work through your business concept. Learn how to prepare an elevator pitch, create a start-up budget, and create realistic sales projections. Look at the risk involved in this business and experiment with different scenarios to see if you're on the right track.

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.- BusinessLIFE - 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.-Home Office Computing

Anyone involved in business will, at some point, have to prepare a business plan - whether it is to raise finance, sell a business or develop a specific project. They are very unlikely to support something that is scrappy, untidy and badly written. Starting with the premise that there's only ever one chance to make a good impression, How to Write a Business Plan covers all the issues involved in producing a plan - from profiling competitors and forecasting market development, to the importance of providing clear and concise financial information.