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the Small Business Administration website has a ton of resources, including how to prepare a strong business proposal.  Go to: http://www.sba.gov and look under startups
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Here are a few keys to better business plans:\n\n1. Use a business plan to set concrete goals, responsibilities, and deadlines to guide your business.\n\n2. A good business plan assigns tasks to people or departments and sets milestones and deadlines for tracking implementation.\n\n3. A practical business plan includes 10 parts implementation for every one part strategy.\n\n4. As part of the implementation of a business plan, it should provide a forum for regular review and course corrections. \n\n5. Good business plans are practical.\n\nSome Business Plan "Don'ts" \n\n1. Don't use a business plan to show how much you know about your business.\n\n2. Nobody reads a long-winded business plan: not bankers, bosses, nor venture capitalists. Years ago, people were favorably impressed by long plans. Today, nobody is interested in a business plan more than 30 pages long.\n\nI would also suggest checking out http://www.bplans.com/ . There's a guide linked from the home page on writing a business plan as well as 60 free sample business plans.\n\nFinally, contact your local SCORE office for free advice. SCORE is funded by the SBA and is a great resource. You can find your local SCORE office here: http://www.score.org/\n\nYour local Small Business Development Center will also be able to help. You can find your local office here: http://www.bplans.com/sb/
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I like Palo Alto's Business Plan Pro 2006. The software even comes with 2 books for free, and best of all, it has a lot of free sample business plans that you can use for your business.\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Try these links\n\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\nhttp://www.businessplanarchive.org/\nhttp://www.bplans.com/
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Try this link: \n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
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According to the book “The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans: How to Prepare a Business Plan That Others Will Want to Read -- and Invest In” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446694150/powerhomebizguid by Garrett Sutton, below are some tips to make a winning business plan that can get funding:\n\n- Money follows management. Investors look first at the people involved in the company. If you are just starting out and don’t have relevant experience, investors expect to see that you have an experienced team of advisors and employees helping you in the business. \n\n- Make sure you “sell” the one reason your business will become profitable. \n\n- State clearly the strategies you will employ to get the word out about your business. Your business plan must show how you will leverage the Internet, public relations, viral marketing, and other strategies to attract customers. \n\n- Present realistic estimates of the time, energy and costs of building a successful business. Do not underestimate or overestimate revenues. While investors know your numbers are simply guesses, they want to see that your numbers are within the “range of reality.” Be careful of your financial statements: this is one area where you can easily lose credibility if presented poorly. \n\n- Benchmark similar companies to show that you’ve done your homework and researched the market. \n\n- Your Executive Summary is your calling card. If it is not a winner, investors may not even read your entire plan. Emphasize your own as well as your team’s track record in the Executive Summary. \n\n- Before sending your business plan to lenders and investors, send it out first to a few in order to get feedback. You’d want to correct your plan if someone tells you that you’re way off mark, rather than have a potential investor tell it to you and lose the chance to get the funding you need. \n\n Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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A retail plan in theory is not much different from any business plan. Since I am not into retailing but general marketing, I will give you my idea of a business plan, of course with some modifications to suit your need.\n\n1. Name of Firm. State the legal name of the business.\n\n2. Owner or Owner-To-Be. State owner(s) name(s), as well as the form and percent of ownership.\n\n3. Information on the Business\n\n    * a. Type of Business and Product or Service.\n\n          o State the general and specific nature of the business (i.e.,general -energy-, specific - oil, solar, wind: or general - food; specific restaurant, catering, farming, ice cream parlor, bakery).\n          o State the type of business(manufacturing, service, construction, wholesale, retail,other).\n          o State the company's goals and electives.\n          o Describe your products and/or services.\n          o State who buys the product/service and who the final users are (briefly here, because youwill be discussing your customers very thoroughly under Market Analysis\n          o Describe how the product/service is sold to customers (walk-in stores,sales representatives, mail order catalogs, telephone orders, etc.).\n          o Describe how and where buyers get the product/service (walk-in stores, mail, delivery, etc.).\n          o Comment on Quality of product/service.\n          o Estimate average price of produce/service. \n\n    * b. History.\n\n          o If new, say so. If existing, discuss age of business, prior owners, how acquired and length of time operated by you, image or reputation, number of employees, last year's sales volume and profit and any significant events that have affected the company's development \n\n    * c. Offices/Plant\n\n          o Give addresses and description of area and building.\n          o State whether rented, leased or owned. If rented or leased, state from whom and under what conditions.\n          o Describe access to building (major roads/freeways, walking, parking,etc.). Is the location convenient for customers?\n          o State business hours. State size of facility (square footage). \n\n    * d. Personnel\n\n          o For the present and future: State the number of employees, type of labor needed (skilled, unskilled, etc.), source of labor (especially minorities, handicapped, veterans or other socially or economicallydisadvantaged groups), timing of hiring (or layoffs).\n          o Comment on the quality of the staff and their job descriptions. \n\n    * e. Economic/Accounting\n\n          o Describe how the business will make money.\n          o State how prices are or will be determined and by whom.\n          o State what financial records will be kept and by whom. \n\n    * f. Inventory\n\n          o Describe what inventory, raw materials and/or supplies the business uses.\n          o List your suppliers - name, address, type and percent of supplies furnished, length of time you have been buying from each, reliability andfrequency of purchase.\n          o How easy or difficult is it to get necessary supplies?\n          o If it is difficult, how will you deal with potential or actual shortages?\n          o Are the prices of your supplies steady or fluctuating? If fluctuating, how do you feel deal with changing costs? \n\n    * g. Legal\n\n          o State form of business (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation) and status (already formed or in process of formation).\n          o State licensing requirements (type and licensing source) and status (notyet applied, applied and pending, obtained).\n          o State zoning requirements and status (verified, OK, rezoning). State insurance requirements (type, source) and status.\n          o Have building codes been complied with?\n          o State any health code requirements.\n          o Describe any other laws and regulations that affect the business.\n          o Describe lease, if any. Trademarks, patents, licenses and c
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The SCORE website has lots of free downloadable business plan templates.\nhttp://www.score.org/template_gallery.html
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There are lots of great resources out there to help you with your business plan. Here are some sites that might help:\n\nBplans.com: http://www.bplans.com/dp/\nSBA.gov: http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/\nSCORE.org: http://www.score.org/readingroom.html#a_1\nEntrepreneur.com: http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nThere's also an online book on business planning that you can find here: \nhttp://www.hurdlebook.com/\n\nGood Luck!
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I assume you mean a business plan.  Go to http://bplan.com where there are many sample business plans.
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There are several business plans for coin-operated laundry business on the Web, but none of them are free:\n\nhttp://www.paloalto.com/ps/bp/samplebusinessplans/laundromat_business_plan.cfm\nhttp://coinlaundrybusinessplan.com/\n\nYou can also consult some general resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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start out by writing business plan of your own \ninternet has alot of bussiness questions for you to ask\nI think even microsoft has a business plan\nstart with those\nhere a link to get you started\nhttp://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
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You may want to check out the following resources on starting a campground:\n\nDarrell Hess & Associates (mostly buy and sell campgrounds but has lots of resources) http://www.campgroundsforsale.com/\nBook: Campground Management: How to Establish and Operate Your Campground by Rollin B. Cooper \n\nHere are some general resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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http://www.writing-business-letters.com/business-letter-format.html\n\nGood Luck
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Below is a FREE sample business plan for an Internet cafe\n\nhttp://www.bplan.com/spv/3142/index.cfm?affiliate=sba\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Here are some resources that can help you write your marketing plan. These websites discuss what marketing plans should have:\n\n- SBA Marketing Plan http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/basics.html\n- Writing a Marketing Plan and Marketing Plan examples http://www.mplans.com/dpm/allarticles.cfm\n- Creating Your Marketing Plan http://www.powerhomebiz.com/marketing/marketplan.htm\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare  Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan  Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html\n- SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\nS- ample Business Plan  General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid=1081945275913&lang=en\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Local colleges and university libraries might be good resource for sample business plans within the same or similar business.  Also try locating a SCORE office (Service corp of retired executives) or the SBA.  Try off the beaten path, what about local bars, auditoriums etc.  that book acts -- they might be a good resource.