Monday, July 23, 2007

How to prepare a business plan

The assigned reading on business plans for the Entrepreneurship & Strategy course has been so popular that we've decided to list some of the other books on business plans which we have in our collection. Why not make the most of these excellent resources and visit the Library today!

1) Harvard business essentials: entrepreneur's toolkit : tools and techniques to launch and grow your new business. Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2005.
Call number 658.1/21

2) Business plans made easy / David H. Bangs Jr.
3rd ed. Irvine, Calif. : Entrepreneur Press, c2005.
Call number 658.4012/363

3) Guide to business planning / Graham Friend and Stefan Zehle.
London : The Economist in association with Profile Books, 2004.
Call number 658.4012/329

4) How to prepare a business plan / Edward Blackwell. Rev. 4th ed.
London : Kogan Page, 2004.
Call number 658.4012/315

5) The definitive business plan : the fast-track to intelligent business planning for executives and entrepreneurs / Richard Stutely.
2nd ed. London : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002.
Call number 658.4012/386

6) The Australian business planning guide : creating a plan for success in your own business / David Bangs and Michael Schaper.
2nd ed. Crows Nest., N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2003.
Call number 658.4012/312

7) Perfect phrases for business proposals and business plans : hundreds of ready-to-use phrases for winning new clients, launching new products, and getting the funding you need / Don Debelak.
New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2006.
Call number 658.15224/33

Tell us which of these books you found the most useful for the course by leaving a comment at the end of this Blog. We'd like to hear from you!

1 comment:

deir u 2 muv said...

I believe that during the business plan, management should not forget to invest on a good business insurance companies that will meet their business's specification and needs. Start-up companies are very accident-prone specially if it is managed by newbies.