Friday, October 3, 2008

Your Business Plan

Your business is born through your business plan. Make sure that it is as thorough as it can be. The more detailed you can get, the more grounded you will be.

We did a search to find great business plan websites and tools. Here are our results:

  • US Small Business Administration – This site is full with articles, resources, and tools. SBA offers many services in addition to help businesses with all types of needs. www.sba.gov
  • SCORE – SCORE offers many tools for the business owner. They offer templates for business plans as well as free business mentoring. www.score.org/template_gallery.html
  • My Own Business – Non-profit site that offers a business course with 14 lessons on basics to starting your own business. www.myownbusiness.org
  • BPlans.com – This is a simple website that offers many business plan examples, articles, tools, and software. www.bplans.com
  • Entrepreneur – Offers many articles on how to write a solid business plan. www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/

Brad Harmon is the President at a leading financing company, First Star Capital (http://www.firststarcapital.com/ ). Brad is a frequent contributor to online publications and newsletters, and is the author of this blog on commercial financing topics.

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