| | |  | New Business | Home » » Your First Business Plan: A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan, 5th Edition | | | | | | | Description: | | The first business plan is often the most difficult to write. A company may have little or no history, and often may not know lender requirements, what to stress and what to avoid. Your First Business Plan simplifies the process by outlining the different parts of a business plan and, in an uncomplicated question-and-answer style, helps the business owner create a winning plan for their business.
The easy-to-follow chapters show entrepreneurs how to:
--Think through strategies and balance enthusiasm with facts
--Capture and hold the interest of potential lenders and investors
--Understand and develop their financial statements
--Recognize the unique selling advantage of their products or services
--Avoid potentially disastrous errors like undercapitalization and negative cash flow
Also included in this book:
--A glossary of planning and financial terms
--A complete sample business plan
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Brian Hazelgren | | Paperback:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Sourcebooks | | Publication Date:
| May 01, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1402204124 | | Product Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.01 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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59 of 64 found the following review helpful:
 Just get Business Plan Pro, insteadMar 20, 2001
This book might have helped SOMEONE write a business plan, but it contained only one idea of any interest for me. The authors mention that there is good software on the market to help first-time business plan writers, and they are absolutely correct! The book is a real let-down compared to Business Plan Pro. Your First Business Plan offers over half of its pages as a sample business plan for a company that is: a) NOT a start up (I think a great majority of people writing their FIRST business plan are concerned with start-up information), andb) NOT a service business (many more businesses provide services than actual products) So, all in all, this book didn't help me much other than the great advice to go out and buy a good business plan program. So, I pass this advice on to you - free of charge. No reason to pay book prices plus tax and shipping for it!
36 of 39 found the following review helpful:
 It gives you all you need to build an excelent Business PlanJun 28, 2000
By JavierSN
"JSN"
I had 3 weeks build a business plan and I had never built one before. I had no idea where to start. - So I bought this book hoping it would help. Not only did it help, It mad possible to finish an excelent business plan in only two weeks, a business plan so professional no one believed it was my first one. - This book will take you step by step from the beginning of your BP to the end of it.
21 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Very well thought out and easy to understandJun 13, 1998
This is a great book! I love the way it is easy to understand and how it flows from one section in the business plan to the next. Writing my business plan was a whole lot easier with this book.
22 of 31 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Reference Material for Business ManagersJun 15, 1999
We took this book and gave copies to department managers around our company and many have implemented the business planning techniques contained in this book with great success. Hazelgren's writing style is clear and concise.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A section-by-section analysis of how to create a business planNov 05, 2005
By Midwest Book Review
Here's a section-by-section analysis of how to create a business plan, from developing a management team and making financial projections and setting goals to promoting a product or service, understanding economic cycles and industry influences, and assessing competition. Add over a hundred 'success questions' and three sample business plans to the discussion and you have a template for success.
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