Fw: re Business Plan

this is a resend of a prior response - but the answer/links are still good

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Webb" <bobwebb2(at)webbcounsel.com>
To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: Business Plan


> There are ample resources and examples for writing and developing a
business
> plan on the net and in paper back.  For starters, I've listed several
useful
> links below, but I'm sure if you check the web sites of entrepreneurial
> organizations near your place of business you can find additional
resources,
> and likely some local educational institutions that offer mentoring.  In
> addition, most of the big 5/6 accounting firms publish books about writing
> business plans, and most will be glad to provide you a copy - just contact
> their entrepreneurial services division.  Also, although they generally
> don't have the glossy printed brochures, many smaller accounting firms
offer
> competent and personalized assistance.  There are also a host of firms
that
> offer varying levels of "business plan writing."  I would be wary of
someone
> who simple wants to "write your plan" for a fee.  If you don't feel
> comfortable writing and developing it yourself, you at least need to be
> intimately involved in developing it - since you know the business and
since
> you will be implementing.  Advisors are best used to provide a sounding
> board, supply technical expertise (such as in the accounting area), and,
if
> you intend to use the plan to raise capital, help you address the issues
> that venture funders would expect to be addressed.  Some links I would
> suggest as a good start are:
>
> http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/starting/businessplan.html
>
> http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/bplan.html
>
> http://www.ecenter.org/ecprog.htm
>
> http://www.sbdc.org/
>
> http://www.nceo.org/resource/biz.html
>
> http://www.nvst.com/services/pnvBizplan.asp
>
> http://www.dawnbreaker.com/bizplan.html
>
> http://www.garage.com/resources/websites.shtml
>
>
http://home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/resources/starting/biz_plan/i
> ndex.shtml?aexp_nav=sbs_hp_bizplan
>
>
> Bob Webb
> bobwebb2(at)webbcounsel.com
>
>
>
>

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