Book Description
Named by Inc. and Forbes magazines as one of the top ten essential books for small business, this fully revised and updated fourth edition of The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies is a complete, step-by-step guide to researching and writing a fool-proof, perfectly formatted, knock-'em-dead business plan. Required reading at America's top business schools, it's been called "the entrepreneur's bible," having helped hundreds of thousands of successful business people get the funding they need to launch their businesses. With a foreword by legendary venture capitalist Eugene Kleiner, The Successful Business Plan is packed with insider tips and insightful advice on writing and formatting a business plan that will stand out from the crowd. Book features: 99 worksheets to help you get started quickly, taking you through every critical section of a successful business plan Sample business plan offering guidance on length, style, formatting and language The Abrams Method of Flow-Through Financials, which makes easy work of number crunching — even if you're a numbers novice Special chapters addressing issues of concern for service, manufacturing, retail, and Internet companies Added help for teams and students preparing business plans for classes or competitions Nearly 200 real-life insider secrets from top venture capitalists and successful CEOs – learn what truly impresses funders New chapter on starting a business in a challenging economy


Book Info
Step-by-step guide to a more fulfilling business. Required reading in the nations's top business schools. An essential tool for building a business from small startup to international giant. Softcover.


From the Publisher
Now you can find what venture capitalists and bankers really want to see before they fund a company. Gives you their personal tips and insights for successful business plan development. The sample business plan provides a guideline for you to follow in writing your own plan. Breaks the chore down into easy-to-manage steps, so you can end up with a fundable proposal.


About the Author
For over 15 years, Rhonda Abrams has provided business planning expertise to literally hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses. She is the author of the best-selling The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, now in its fourth edition, and several other business planning books, including The Successful Business Organizer. Her nationally-syndicated column on small business strategies reaches 20 million readers a week in over 130 newspapers. A popular public speaker, Rhonda is frequently invited to speak at conferences, corporate meetings, and workshops. Rhonda is the founder and CEO of The Planning Shop in Palo Alto, California, a company specializing in helping entrepreneurs write successful business plans.

FROM OUR EDITORS

This step-by-step guide in looseleaf-notebook format includes business-plan software to help you launch, finance, and run a profitable business. Learn secrets of successful company owners and CEOs; expert managing strategies; more. The PC disk includes spreadsheets and templates to create your own business plan. Revised and expanded. Slipcased. 11" x 11 1/4".

FROM THE PUBLISHER