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Business Plans Resources

Enjoy the following list of resources that I've compiled over the years. If you have a problem with any company I recommend, please let me know and I'll remove them - pronto.

The One Page Business & Marketing Plan Process

Who uses it? Start-ups, established businesses, small-mid size businesses, independent professionals, consultants, financial professionals, and women business owners. CEOs, executives, teams, divisions, departments, units, branch offices, profit centers, staff, board of directors, advisory boards, and to create new employee descriptions. Executive Directors and you!

The one page business plan is the quickest way to write a business plan. It a one-page planning process helps business owners focus on what's important to the growth of their companies because profitability isn't an accident.

It's used by small, mid and large businesses as well non profits. It's a planning process for Corporations, Subsidiaries/Divisions, Startup Companies, Government Agencies, Cross-functional teams, Not-for-Profits Boards, Non-Profit Organizations, Profit Centers, Departments, Programs, Projects, Strategic Plans, Operating Plans, Sales Plans, Marketing Plans, R & D, Technology, Training and Development Staff. Also CEOs, presidents, consultants partitioners, executives, profit centers, non-profits, teams, and others. Over 250,000 entrepreneurs and 5,000 not-for-profits have used this one-page process!

Today, create your companies

• Vision Statement
• Mission Statement
• Objectives
• Strategies
• Action Plans

As seen in CNN's Money Magazine, too

Learn more about the One Page Business Plan® Process

1. Free video, audio
2. Upcoming Classes
3. Take a 5-minute video tour
4. Take a tour of the web-based One Page Performance Management System
5. Point, Click, Plan! Software
6. Samples plans
7. Learn More, View Photos
8. Clinics and Coaching Programs

One Page Business Plan Books with CD Included

Each workbook includes a CD with templates, examples on the CD reflect best practices, assessments, scorecards, spreadsheets and bonus tools.

• Women Business owners This book is just for women as they have their own unique issues and challenges as business owners and executives. It retains same proven methodology, but is unique as it is co-authored Tamara Monosoff, who also wrote two best-selling books: Secrets of Millionaire Moms and The Mom Inventors Handbook. Live in the USA? Then buy the book from Maria for $34 (plus tax if you're in WA state) and get a bonus CD by clicking here. Live outside the USA? Buy it from Amazon The One Page Business Plan for Women in Business
• Consultants New to consulting? Or maybe you need to move your practice up the steps of success? This book was written by consultants, for consultants. It contains everything you need to create a blueprint for a successful consulting practice... all on a single page. The One Page Business Plan for the Professional Consultant
• Financial Services Professionals If you are in insurance, investments or related industries this book is what you need to move ahead now! The One Page Business Plan, Financial Services Edition
• Creative Entrepreneurs This is the million-dollar seller that forever changed the way people write and implement business plans. For startups and well established companies both large and small. The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur
• Non Profits Thousands of non-profits have already successfully written and implemented One Page Plans. This special version helps directors, boards and volunteers clearly define and live up to their promises. The One Page Business Plan for Non-Profit Organizations
• Spanish Edition This is the Spanish language version of the million-dollar best seller that forever changed the way people write and implement business plans. For startups and well established companies both large and small. The One Page Business Plan -Spanish Edition with CD

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A Plan To Attract Investors - For Funding

If your business requires funding from a bank, Angel Investor, Venture Capitalist, or a business savvy family member, you'll need to create a larger plan. And you may be required to show a one-sheet page plan, too. Ask before you drive yourself nuts. For example, an angel investor company I know requires a 1 page plan, then if you get to the next level, they want a 5 minute presentation. Then if you get past that, they want to see your plan. So do your homework.

• Business Plan Pro Software by Palo Alto
  Use it when you aren't yet able to hire someone to create a plan for or with you. Or bring your finished version to someone who writes plans and it will save you some of the consultants fee. The software program includes:
1. A planning and financial wizard to help you create your plan easier.
2. Detailed instructions and examples.
3. Row-by-Row spreadsheet help.
4. 400+ complete sample business plans.
5. 2 business ebooks.
6. Legal tools and business reference library.

Business Plan Pro

Business Plan Pro is the easiest way to create a professional business plan. Respected by banks, lenders, and the Small Business Administration, this streamlined software has everything you need. Complete with over 500 sample plans, the wizard-driven experience provides instructions by planning experts and powerful resources for a complete business plan. Learn more about Business Plan Pro.

Business and Marketing Plan Resources

• Ask Maria for resources who write business plans to attract investors, obtain leases, or apply for commercial business loans. Plans start at $5000.00 Contact Maria for her resources.
• Templates from the Microsoft templates archive.
• Article from the Small Business Admin. Essential Elements of a Good Business Plan For Growing Companies
• Business Plan Archive Webmergers.com and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
• Business Plan Forms
• The Small Business Guide to a Successful Business Plan
• One Pager Plan
• How to Plan Your Cash Flow and Working Capital Needs, By Lahle Wolfe, About.com Guide
Cash Flow
• Business Plan Templates
• More Business Plan Templates
• Business Plan Course
• Office Depot Business Forms
• Business Plan Tools
• Free Business Course Print Outs. My Own Business, Inc
• Free Business Plan Resources
• Gazelles, Inc. - Growing Leaders Growing Companies
• How to Write Your Company's Business Plan
• MiniPlan.com -- The Free Business Plan Writer
• Small Biz Adviser Business plan outlines
• Free sample plans
• Start Up Nation Articles
• Founding Road Map
• Canadian Business
• Microsoft Templates

Business Plans: Tutorials and More

• Inc. Magazine Build a Strong Business Plan, Section by Section
• Researching advise from the Management Library of Cornell University
• From Entrepreneur Magazine. Article: Does It Pay to Hire a Business Plan Consultant?
• From American Express. Article: Creating an Effective Business Plan
• From Entrepreneur Magazine. Article: Does It Pay to Hire a Business Plan Consultant?
• The Small Business Administration Business Plan Tutorial and Self-paced Activity
• Malcolm Baldridge

Recommended Business Plan Books

The E-Myth Revisited Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to do About It by Michael E. Gerber The truth is that most business owners are NOT entrepreneurs. In fact, most business owners are technicians - people who go into a business doing what they love doing, but who know very little about "the business of business." So what can these technicians learn from this book? Lots. Including identifying what they need to do in order to build a strong business foundation and have an excellent chance of becoming successful. Those who have been in business for a while, but aren't making enough money or who are working too many hours, can learn what's missing from their business and "get on it." Choose the right book, audio or CD for your profession.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor & Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter (Contributor) Most business owners - especially those who are in service businesses - are really self-employed. They created a job for themselves and they run that job, too. Instead, learn the difference between being self-employed and being a successful business owner. This subtle difference in the way you talk about your business (to yourself or others) will make a BIG difference in your life.

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