Business Plans that Work: A Guide for Small Business 2/E, 2nd Edition

by Andrew Zacharakis, Stephen Spinelli, Jeffry Timmons

Released March 2011

Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill

ISBN: 9780071752572

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Book description

Turn your great idea into BIG PROFITS with a powerful, persuasive business plan!

With any endeavor, good planning is the key to good results—especially in the launch of a new business or product. Business Plans That Work gives you an easy-to-follow template for conceptualizing, writing, focusing, and revising a business plan that converts your business idea into financial profit.

A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of the popular entrepreneur’s guide provides all the tools you need to communicate the value of your idea to investors and attract key talent, and create a plan you can turn to throughout the entire process of starting and running a business. You’ll learn how to:

Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom
Secure the capital you need to get the project off the ground
Assess opportunities and risks involved in your project
Avoid common pitfalls that cost money, time, and effort

With Business Plans That Work, you have everything you need to create winning strategies for development, sales, marketing, operations, distribution, and everything else successful ventures are founded on.