what know the best way to do a business plan?

Answer 1

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

Here are the headings to consider :
I. Table of Contents
II. Executive Summary
III. General Company Description
IV. Products and Services
V. Marketing Plan
VI. Operational Plan
VII. Management and Organisation
VIII. Personal Financial Statement
IX. Startup Expenses and Capitalisation
X. Financial Plan
XI. Appendices.
XII. Refining the Plan

Do not underestimate the value of professional help compiling the documents.

Good Luck with your business

Answer 3

Business plans are composed of pieces of paper, or computer files. Even if you were to swallow the paper or computer disk, due to digestion, it would still not be possible to actually 'do' one in the manner that you state. Your best bet is to do a normal 'one' then roll it with a rolling pin until flat, and carve the words 'Business Plan' into it from there.

Answer 4

I recommend the one page business plan program. It provides you with the basics of what you need, you'll use it every day, and if you're looking for funding, it will help you get focused on what's important.

Then you can create the longer plan if you need the funding.

For a listing of business plan resources, free and paid, visit

http://www.TheResourceQueen.com/favorites/businessplans.html

Answer 5

Hi!

www.pdxbizhelp.org is an online business assistance site. While it is Portland, Oregon focused there are still lots of resources for entrepreneurs around the country.

Here are some links for business plans assistance:

http://www.pdxbizhelp.org/jivepdx/servlet/KbServlet/download/29-102-28/Business%20Plan%20Outline.doc

http://www.pdxbizhelp.org/jivepdx/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=13&externalID=28&fromSearchPage=true

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Minda

Answer 6

Buy a book on it and work through it slowly making sure you understand all the concepts, especially those in the financial sections eg how to do cash-flow/balance/profit-loss forecasts etc (assuming you are new to this). It will take ages but its worth it because you will educate yourself and will be business-literate as a result.

Answer 7

Start by proof reading what you write. Like the question you just posed. Then google business plans and it will give you lots to choose from.

Answer 8

There is software that you can get that gives you all the topic breakdowns. You can search the net for examples, that is what I did. I just did one for a Cricket wireless store.

Just remember marketing in phase of your BP.

You can never market too much.
People have to see it, read it, hear it 8 times before they actually think to use your product when the need arises.

Answer 9

Your question is not clear enough to get right answers. Next time, edit the question before you post it online.

Answer 10

First learn to construct a sentence correctly because your question was unintelligable