Business Plan Help & Small Business Articles
Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a new business, a small business looking to grow, or an established company in search of fresh business ideas, you can find the practical advice and timely tips you need in our gallery of business articles.
How to Write a Business Plan
Need help preparing a business plan?
Proper business planning is key to starting or growing your business. To get started, take a look at our most popular business planning articles. Or check out our free sample business plans.
- A Standard Business Plan Outline
- The Different Types of Business Plans
- What Is a Business Plan?
- What Makes a Good Plan?
- Common Business Plan Mistakes
- A Simpler Plan for Startups
- How Long Should a Business Plan Be?
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Starting a Business
- Business Startup Strategy
- The Right Business for You
- Know Your Industry Before You Start
- Estimating Realistic Startup Costs
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A Standard Business Plan Outline
As I write here about business plan outlines, please remember that your plan should be only as big as what you need to run your business. While everybody should have planning to help run a business, not everyone needs to develop a complete formal business plan suitable for submitting to a potential investor, or bank, […]
Starting Your Own Business
Looking for help on how to start a business? Bplans.com offers a variety of free startup resources, all intended to guide you through the process of creating a business plan and getting financing for your new venture. Beyond these tools, we also offer Business Plan Pro software, which we recommend for new businesses, although it […]
Business Valuation
Valuation is what a business is worth, as in “this company’s valuation is $10 million.” This would mean that a company is valued at $10 million, or worth $10 million. The term is used most often for discussions of sale or purchase of a company; it’s valuation is the price of a share times the […]
Writing a Mission Statement
Your mission statement is an opportunity to define your business at the most basic level. It should tell your company story and ideals in less than 30 seconds: who your company is, what you do, what you stand for, and why you do it.
Do you want to make a profit, or is it enough to […]
Writing an Executive Summary
The executive summary section of a business plan is a summary of the highlights of your business plan. Even though the topic appears first in the printed document, most business plan developers leave the writing of the executive summary until the end. This summary is the doorway to the rest of the plan. Get it […]
