Structuring a Business Plan


The Just-Right Business Plan

Don't wring your hands because you're running a company without a business plan. Different stages of growth require different levels of planning. One entrepreneur offers her practical insights into creating a plan that's just right for your company.

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The Bulletproof Business Plan

How to bulletproof your business plan during a slumping economy.

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Executive Summary as a Guiding Light

A good executive summary is hard to write. It should present your entire business plan in miniature.

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Recent Structuring a Business Plan Articles

Why a CEO Needs to Have a Plan B

For nearly three decades, in good times and bad, Jack Stack has run his company, SRC, as though disaster could strike at any moment. Now, with the economy cr...  Read story

Most Entrepreneurs Start with Limited Funds, No Business Plan

A new survey shows three out of four businesses are funded from personal savings.  Read story

How to Structure a Business Plan

How to write a business plan that will help you obtain financing, arrange strategic alliances, attract key employees, and boost your confidence.  Read story

Creating Your Business Plan

How to create an operational document your business can live by.  Read story

What the Judges Look for...

What's going to put your business plan in the winner's circle? Here's what the judges look for when choosing winning business plans.  Read story

Getting an Idea to Market

To succeed at her new venture, an entrepreneur realized she needed more than money and a great idea. She needed the timing of the market as well. Here she of...  Read story

Making Your Financials Add Up

No business plan is complete until it contains a set of financial projections that are not only inspiring but also logical and defensible.  Read story

How many years should my financial projections cover for a new business?

According to Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams, smart investors know that projections can be unreliable. But creating financial projections will s...  Read story

Tackling Technology in Your Business Plan

A business plan consists of more than what you'll be doing; it also needs to outline the technology you plan to use to accomplish those goals. Writing a Busi...  Read story

How can I make financial projections in my business plan when I have no solid numbers?

Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams offers advice on coming up with financial numbers for your plan when you don't think there are any to work with.  Read story

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