| Bank
of America Resource Center |
| Online workshops
designed to help your business grow and succeed. |
| BizPlanIt |
| BizPlanIt has built a
knowledge bank of advice, tips and information to help
you take your business plan to the next level. |
| Bplans.com |
| Bplans.com, created by
Palo Alto Software, offers thousands of pages of free
sample plans, planning tools, and expert advice to
help you start and run your business. |
| BRS
Critical Issues Toolkit |
| Get prepared for
uncertain times with the Critical Issues Toolkit from
Business Resource Services. The Toolkit provides
articles, checklists and forms for you to download and
share. Visit the links for more business resources. |
| Business
Calculators |
| Use the following
business and marketing calculators to quickly and
easily evaluate different aspects of your business. |
| Business
Plan Ware |
| Tools for writing a
business plan, making financial projections, business
planning and developing business strategies ?
software, shareware, freeware, white papers, samples,
templates and other useful features & resources. |
| Business
Planning Made Easy: The Business Mentor |
| With the assistance of
The Business Mentor-a suite of powerful business
assessment and planning tools-the process of growing
your business just got easier and smarter. |
| Business
Town: Writing a Business Plan |
| Articles on creating a
business plan |
| Business.gov |
| Resources to assist you
in starting or growing your business. |
| Center
for Business Planning |
| The Center for Business
Planning provides any business manager or entrepreneur
with a set of resources to help in creating a business
or managing a business. Information is provided on
every area of planning a business. |
| Elements
of a Business Plan Document |
| Business Plans contain
key elements that function to define the endeavors of
a business enterprise. The preparation of a business
plan must be completed by the entrepreneur. Guidelines
for the preparation of a business plan, whether
start-up or existing business, are provided in this
document. A "Do it yourself" attitude and
application of these guidelines will produce an
adequate business plan to start a business and seek
venture capital, seek outside funding for turnaround
situations, or secure expansion investments. |
| Entrepreneur.com:
Business Plan Basics |
| Articles and resources
for creating your business plan. |
| Finding
It Online: Web Search Strategies |
| A search engine tutorial
that presents a step-by-step process for finding
information online |
| Howstuffworks:
How Business Plans Work |
| Introduction to how
business plans work. |
| Interactive
Tools: Creating an Effective Business Plan |
| This workshop will help
you create a business plan to guide your business
through the start-up or growth phase, a search for
capital, or any other endeavor your small business
undertakes. |
| MoneyHunt |
| When you're ready to
start, MoneyHunt is a very useful template if you
have no previous experience writing your own business
plan. It provides a simple, easy to use approach
that will help you become familiar with the basic
structure and components of the written portion of
your plan. |
| NEBS
Business Plan Tool |
| You'll find a Business
Plan tool which can help you create a persuasive and
effective business plan. By providing focused writing
"prompts," this tool enables you to define
your goals and opportunities confidently and
thoroughly. |
| Nolo:
Writing a Business Plan |
| You've undoubtedly heard
it before: writing a business plan is a crucial step
in charting your business's route to success. So why
are you putting it off? This section explains the whys
and hows of business plans, and will show you that
writing one is not as painful as you may think. |
| On
Target: The Book on Marketing Planning |
| A web book about
developing marketing plans |
| Planigent
Business Plan Template |
| The Planigent Business
Plan Template not only gives you great flexibility and
a tremendous head start in writing your plan, but also
saves you a bundle. The Template is available for
immediate download for just $19.95, 80% less than the
cost of the typical business plan software package. |
| Quicken.com:
Getting Started |
| From naming your
business to deciding between a sole proprietorship and
an LLC, get tips on getting your business off the
ground. |
| Quicken.com:
Writing a Business Plan |
| Look ahead, plan for the
resources you'll need, focus on your top priorities,
and be ready for unexpected problems and
opportunities. |
| Regional
Contract Assistance Center |
| A free government
marketing site and non-profit corporation funded by
the Defense Logistics Agency, the State of West
Virginia, Marshall University, and Bell Atlantic |
| Researching
Companies Online |
| Business research
tutorial that presents a step-by-step process for
finding free company and industry information |
| Royal
Bank: Starting a Business |
| Every business starts
with an idea. No matter what that idea is, a well
thought out business plan is what helps turn that idea
into a reality. The Big Idea is designed to guide you
through the steps of developing and fine-tuning your
business plan. |
| SBA:
E-Business Institute |
| Knowledge is power!
Improve your ability to compete by participating in
one or more of the short, self-paced courses and
workshops listed below. |
| SCORE |
| SCORE's free,
downloadable templates help you with small business
plans, start-up expenses, cash flow and more. |
| Search
Engine Watch |
| Provides tips on how to
use search engines |
| Startup
Journal |
| Starting your own
business or buying a franchise is tough, even in a
strong economy. You'll have to research the market,
secure financing, open a shop, hire employees and run
the enterprise. StartupJournal can help. Our content
comes from the powerful editorial resources of The
Wall Street Journal, the world's leading business
publication, as well as WSJ.com, industry experts and
StartupJournal's editorial team. |
