BusinessLIFE
Shows how to write a sound business plan.


San Francisco Examiner
Here’s an easy-to-follow book that takes the reader step-by-step to get the budding entrepreneur off to a successful business start-up.


Home Office Computing
...Examples and worksheets will help you present convincing financial opportunity to banks and investors in a format they understand.


Book Description
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.


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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 The 6th edition is completely updated for 2003, providing all-new resources (both online and off), information on the latest changes to FMHA loans, plus the effect of new banking regulations on loans.


About the Author
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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"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. Here￯﾿ﾽs 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. Here￯﾿ﾽs an easy-to-follow book that takes the reader step-by-step ... to get the budding entrepreneur off to a successful business start-up. Read all 10 "From The Critics" >

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