Anatomy of a business plan : a step-by-step guide to building a business and securing your company's future /
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| Author / Creator: | Pinson, Linda. |
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, IL : Dearborn Trade Publishing, c2001. |
| Description: | x, 278 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4642192 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Automate Your Business Plan Software
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Business Plan Considerations
- Why Do You Need a Business Plan?
- What Do Lenders and Investors Look For?
- The Key to Effective Writing
- Effective Use of Your Time
- Supporting Documents
- Business Plan Outline
- Developing an Exit Strategy
- Where Is the finish Line?
- Developing an Exit Strategy Is the Secret
- What Are Some of the Forms of Exit?
- Making Decisions Based on Your Exit Strategy
- Exit Planning Just Makes Good Sense!
- Developing Financial Assumptions
- Adding Financial Assumption Explanations to Your Business Plan
- What Is the Process for Developing Your Assumptions?
- Steps to E-Tailing
- Chapter 2. The Cover Sheet and Table of Contents
- The Cover Sheet
- The Table of Contents
- Chapter 3. Executive Summary
- Chapter 4. Part I: The Organizational Plan
- What Is an Organizational Plan?
- Summary Description of the Business
- Products or Services
- Intellectual Property
- Location
- Legal Structure
- Management and Personnel
- Accounting and Legal
- Insurance
- Security
- Chapter 5. Part II: The Marketing Plan
- Overview and Goals of a Marketing Strategy
- Market Analysis
- Contents of Your Marketing Strategy
- Customer Service
- Implementation of Marketing Strategy
- Assessment of Marketing Effectiveness
- The Product-Market Analysis
- Chapter 6. Part III: Financial Documents
- Purpose of Financial Documents
- Types of Financial Documents
- How to Proceed
- Section I. Statements of Financial Needs and Uses of Funds from a Lender or Investor
- Section II. Pro Forma Statements
- Section III. Actual Performance (Historical) Financial Statements
- Section IV. Financial Statement Analysis--The Final Tool
- Chapter 7. Supporting Documents
- Personal Resumes
- Owner's Financial Statement
- Credit Reports
- Copies of Leases
- Letters of Reference
- Contracts
- Legal Documents
- Miscellaneous Documents
- Chapter 8. U.S. Tax Information
- Comparing the Tax System and Business Accounting
- Free Tax Publications Available from the IRS
- Chapter 9. Packaging Your Plan and Keeping it Up-to-Date
- Part I. Business Plan Software
- Part II. Packaging for Success
- Part III. Keeping Your Business Plan Up-to-Date
- Appendix I. Marine Art of California Business Plan
- Appendix II. Dayne Landscaping, Inc. Business Plan
- Appendix III. Wholesale Mobile Homes.Com Business Plan
- Appendix IV. Blank Forms and Worksheets
- Glossary of Business and Financial Terms
- Index
