2021, 1h 11m
Experienced entrepreneur and consultant Mike Figliuolo walks through the process of defining your business, researching the market, and determining your product. Once you've figured out what your product or service will be, Mike provides guidance for thinking through your sales strategy, day-to-day operations, staffing, and financial forecasting. A sample business plan is provided, so you can follow along with the development of a real-world company.
FT Essential Guide to Writing a Business Plan, 3rd Edition by
Whether you seek financial backing or board consent, The Financial Times Essential Guide to Writing a Business Plan will give you the critical knowledge you need to get the go-ahead. By focusing clearly on your objective, it will help you to gather the necessary evidence and address all your backer’s concerns. This brand new edition draws out the specific challenges faced by start-ups, particularly on pinning down your perceived market niche and determining your competitive advantage. There are new chapters on pitching the plan and performing against the plan, using key performance indicators and milestones. Finally new appendices outline alternative sources of funding and display an example business plan from start to finish.
Written by a seasoned practitioner with years of experience in both writing and evaluating business plans for funding, it will help you formulate a coherent, consistent and convincing plan with your backer’s needs in mind. Follow its guidance and your plan will have every chance of winning the backing you need for your business to succeed.
Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan & Feasibility Study (eBook Chapters) ) by
This link will take you to chapters from the above eBook, with information on restaurant business plans and a sample business plan.
The Restaurant Manager's Handbook (Chapter 3: creating a successful business plan) (eBook Chapter) by
Chapter 3 of the book "The Restaurant Manager's Handbook," by Douglas R. Brown is presented. It discusses the methods on how to create effective business planning before establishing a restaurant.
How to Open a Financially Successful Pizza and Sub Restaurant (Chapter 3: writing a business plan) (eBook Chapter) by
The library also has the book in print. "The companion CD-ROM contains all forms from the book, PLUS a pre-written, editable business plan in Microsoft Word format"--Cover.
How to Write a Business Plan (eBook) by
Step-by-step advice on preparing a business plan You need a sound business plan to start a business or raise money to expand an existing one. For over 30 years, How to Write a Business Plan has helped fledgling entrepreneurs--from small service businesses and retailers to large manufacturing firms--write winning plans and get needed financing. This bestselling book contains clear step-by-step instructions and forms to put together a convincing business plan with realistic financial projections, effective marketing strategies, and overall business goals. You'll learn how to: figure out if your business idea will make money determine and forecast cash flow create profit and loss forecasts prepare marketing and personnel plans find potential sources of financing, and present your well-organized plan to lenders and other backers, and learn about best practices for raising money, from SBA loans to equity crowdfunding.