do you have a business plan in mind ? what are the fundamental needs and how do you plan it?

Question

i have an assignment due the next two weeks on a business plan ?
please help me with your wonderful ideas..
if you have any cool link that would be great.
thanks alot

Answer 1

If this is a school assignment, I suggest you check out books on business planning, or websites that provide general ideas on how to prepare one, and then check some sample business plans that you can use. There are sites that provide sample plans and that could help you tremendously

Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:

- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm
- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html

You may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:

- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp
- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp
- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/
- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html
-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf
- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid
- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html

Some recommended books are :

- Business Plans Kit for Dummies
- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan
- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide
- Business Plans For Dummies®
- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan

Hope that the above resources help

Answer 2

Yes, idea for you, but non specific, start looking on the internet, and last time I had to do it for a class, I spent 80 hours doing it for 20 hours credit, leave yourself plenty of time. I could get you a model for a golf club.

Answer 3

a business plan is just a basic idea of what you want to see happen...projected income, expenses, marketing, your customer base & how you'll reach them, how you'll differentiate yourself, why customers should go to your business vs a competitor; simple stuff to write up and make it look good

should be presented as though you were going to a bank for a loan--ask yourself if you presented it to a loan officer if you'd get the loan?

Answer 4

This is the normal think. If you don't know how to complete the business plan - why ask some think. This question is not for answer but ....