Research Subject Guides: Entrepreneurship: Write a Business Plan

Entrepreneurship : Write a Business Plan

Sample Plans and Templates

BPlans
Sample business plans from a variety of businesses, including both products and services.
Library of Congress - Business Reference Services: BEOnline
Lists general resources related to business planning; including business plans
Library of Congress - Business Reference Services: BRS Assists
Contains list of books and websites about writing a business plan

Business Plans Handbook (Gale Cengage)
Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.

How to Write a Business Plan by Mike McKeever
ISBN: 0873378636

Publication Date: 2002-10-01

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Author, teacher and financial manager Mike McKeever shows readers how to write the business plan and loan package necessary to finance a new or expanding business and make it work.
Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder; Yves Pigneur
ISBN: 9781118656402

Publication Date: 2013-02-01

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Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities.
Value Proposition Design by Alexander Osterwalder; Trish Papadakos (Designed by); Yves Pigneur; Gregory Bernarda; Alan Smith
ISBN: 9781118968062

Publication Date: 2015-01-26

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Value Proposition Design helps you tackle the core challenge of every business -- creating compelling products and services customers want to buy.
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Startup Tactics by Paul Cheek; Bill Aulet (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781394223367

Publication Date: 2024-03-27

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A hands-on, practical roadmap to get from great idea to successful company In Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, renowned entrepreneur and Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Paul Cheek delivers an actionable field guide to transforming your one great idea into a functional, funded, and staffed startup.