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Our 500+ sample business plans are presented as examples only. They are to give you an idea of what a business plan covers. They include more than 100 plans that are available free online with complete text, tables, and charts, at www.bplans.com.
Most of these plans are for real companies that were funded or [...]

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First thing, I hope it’s obvious, we aren’t experts in a lot of different specific businesses. We can help you with general techniques on finding information, not in the specifics for your type of business. However, we do have some resources, including several free resources, that can help you.
We’ve posted two web books, free [...]

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I live in India where I have my own computer training and consulting business. I want to tie up with some of my friends in the US to set up the same business there. Neither my friends nor me know what are the legal issues, or how a foriegner can set up business in the [...]

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We have several free resources for you, all intended to guide you through the process of developing your business plan and getting it financed. This is aside from the Business Plan Pro software, which we recommend, but isn’t free.
First, the book Hurdle: the Book on Business Planning is now posted on the Web for [...]

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I am working on a project to start a new Business and Information Centre. I want to know what a business model is, and how it is different from a business plan.
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In the most basic sense, a business model is the method of doing business by which a company can sustain itself — that is, [...]

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Can I still write a business plan without knowing the final business location?
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Yes. Explain what you are looking for in a location, what you expect to pay, why you don’t have that location yet, when you expect to get it, and so on. Plan as well as you can, given what you don’t [...]

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We are planning to open a start-up based on a business idea to create value-added wireless networks. Our team is small (only 2 people) now and we don’t have a management team in place. However, we have a brilliant idea (so thinks everyone, I guess) and we are taking to a demonstrate stage backed up [...]

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Hello,
I am a freshman business student at the University of Cincinnati and I am doing a research paper on small businesses. My thesis is supposed to answer a research question. My question is this: Are a formal education and business plan necesary to start a successful small business? I was wondering if you could give [...]

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I have just received seed funding of $1.5 million in my startup and need to raise a total of nearly $68 million to complete the project over the next 5 years.
Several large venture firms have sent out feelers and are requesting my business plan (word’s out and that is good news). Without a doubt my [...]

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Hello Experts,
I started doing crafts in my home in September of 1997. I do very well when I show my items at craft shows, and I want to branch out. I would also like to stay at home with my 2 1/2 year old son and start my business. Since I don’t have a steady [...]