Business Plans Handbook

by William H. Harmer and Gale Cengage Learning

Book Overview

Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure and compose their own business plans, the Handbook presents 24 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries -- only the company names and addresses have been changed.

Typical business plans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787620777
• ISBN13: 9780787620776
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 3.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.7" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book that will help the reader train himself or herself to research and write a stellar

VOLUMES 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & 8. I love this resource. I cannot say enough positive things about it. Included in the various volumes are the following sample business plans: VOLUME 1 Accounting Systems Consulting Aerospace Supplier Bed and Breakfast Bakery Business Consulting (2) Car Wash Crane Service Diaper Delivery Editorial Service Elder Care Equipment Rental Framing/Antiques Store Import Boutique Inn/Resort Ladder Company Magazine Publisher Online Consulting Printing Company (2) Publisher Restaurant (3) - one is a nonprofit Retail Clothing Retail Florist Retail Tobacco/Magazines Salad Packing Software Developer Toiletry Company Virtual Reality (2) VOLUME 2 Automobile Assembly Food Distributor (template) Freelance Editor (2) Hardware Store (template) Kennel Maternity Aid Media Producer (3) Microbrewery (2) Mobile Studio Newsletter (2) Photo Framing Public Relations Firm Restaurant/Bar (2) Restaurant Franchise Restaurant (2) - both are nonprofits Search Service Sports Collectibles Television Childproofer Virtual Shopping VOLUME 5 Bagel Shop Bread Bakery Car Wash Cigar Shop Climbing Outfitter Computer Reseller (2) Detective Agency Fire Equipment Retailer Food Distributor (templete) Franchise Postal Service Freight Expediting Gift Store Hardware Store (template) Internet Bid Clearinghouse Internet Cafe Marketing Consultancy Metal Shop Novelty Shop Office Furniture Retailer Parts Manufacturer Party Supply Store Pasta Franchise Restaurant (2) Restaurant/Microbrewery Taxi Service VOLUME 6 Airline Company Art Glass Studio Bed and Breakfast Bridal Salon Caribbean Cafe Chiropractic Office Christmas Ornament Company Cookie Shop Food Distributor (template) Food Manufacturer Hair Salon Hardware Store (template) Health Insurance Company Investor Trading Software Company Medical Equipment Producer Paintball Sport Company Pizza Parlor Publisher Real Estate Investment Company Real Estate Renovation Company Record Store Retail Art Furnishings Business Shave Ice Business Small Producer Sports Bar Used Car Business VOLUME 7 Accounting Service Auto Sales Company Bowling Alley Coffee Bean Plant - Exporter Desktop Publishing Company Display Technology Company Event Planning Company Financial Services Company Food Distributor (template) General Contracting Company Hardware Store (template) Healthcare Software Company Hotel Resort Investment Company Medical Billing Company Mortgage Company Nightclub Nursery Plastic Drum Company Real Estate Company Restaurant Roller Rink Screen Print Drying Company Software Engineering and Management Company Special Needs Clothing Store Specialty Car Wash Wireless Internet Service VOLUME 8 Advertising Agency Aftermarket Internet Applications Aftermarket Skate Store Charity Youth Hockey Tournament Chemical Manufacturer Convenience Store and Bate Shop Creative Agency Dentist Discount Internet Securities Broker Energy Solutions Company Food Distributor (template) Gourmet Foods Company Hardware Store (template) Internet Marketplace Lea

Awesome - Quick BP's

Excellent quick read for getting quick BP's. See how the experts do it. What I really like was the editing. It made disparate business plans flow as if they were written by one man. The editing was excellent, bravo!