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Cover of Business Plans Kit For Dummies
Whether you’re a business beginner with big ideas or an established company looking to review you plans in a changing business environment this practical, user friendly guide gives you everything you need to get started. Complete with an interactive CD packed with planning templates including; planning documents, forms, financial worksheets, checklists, operation surveys and customer profiles in both Word and PDF formats you’ll be armed with all you need to kick start the planning process and create a winning business plan that suits you and your long-term business vision.

Business Plans Kit For Dummies includes UK specific information on:

  • UK business practice
  • Currency
  • UK business and financial institutions and advisory services
  • UK taxation and VAT
  • Partnerships and Limited company information
  • UK legal practice, contractual considerations and insurance matters
  • UK specific forms
  • UK specific case studies
  • New content covering online business opportunities and resources, alternative ways in to business including franchising, network marketing and buy outs, research methods and choosing suppliers and outsourcing will all be added to the UK edition.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Laying the Foundation for Your Plan

  • Chapter 1: Starting Your Planning Engine
  • Chapter 2: Generating a Great Business Idea
  • Chapter 3: Defining Your Business Purpose

Part II: Developing Your Plan’s Components

  • Chapter 4: Understanding Your Business Environment
  • Chapter 5: Charting Your Strategic Direction
  • Chapter 6: Describing Your Business and Its Capabilities
  • Chapter 7: Crafting Your Marketing Plan
  • Chapter 8: Deciphering and Presenting

Part III: Tailoring a Business Plan to Fit Your Needs

  • Chapter 9: Planning for a One-Person Business
  • Chapter 10: Planning for a Small Business
  • Chapter 11: Planning for an Established Business
  • Chapter 12: Planning for a Not for profit Nonprofit Organization
  • Chapter 13: Planning for an E-Business

Part IV: Making the Most of Your Plan

  • Chapter 14: Putting Your Plan Together
  • Chapter 15: Putting Your Plan to Work

Part V: The Part of Tens

  • Chapter 16: Ten Signs That Your Plan Might Need an Overhaul
  • Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Evaluate a New Business Idea
  • Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Fund Your Business Plan
  • Chapter 19: Ten  Sources of Vital Information to underpin your Business Plan
  • Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Use Your Business Plan

 

Note: CD files are available to download when buying the eBook version

 

Cover of Business Plans for Canadians for Dummies
The only book dedicated to helping Canadians write winning business plans, newly revised and updated Packed with everything you need to get your business moving in the right direction whether you're part of a large corporation or a one-person show Business For Canadians For Dummies, Second Edition is the ultimate guide to building a better, more productive, and more profitable business. Accessible and comprehensive, the book walks you through every milestone in business planning, including creating a right-on mission statement; pinpointing the needs of your customers; scoping out the competition; simplifying all the financial stuff; staying on top of trends, and fostering a winning atmosphere for your staff. Fully revised and updated, this new edition offers information anyone starting a business in Canada needs to know. Author and small-business expert Nada Wagner presents invaluable resources to help you write a plan, examines how government policies affect business, and looks at business trends unique to Canada. With inspiring and cautionary anecdotes about Canadian businesses, Business Plans For Canadians For Dummies is a fun and informative read for any entrepreneur.
* Newly revised edition of the only book that helps Canadians write better business plans, loaded with all-new content * Covers the key milestones in business planning at every stage * Filled with anecdotes about real businesses to bring the concepts described vividly to life * Includes a brand new sample business plan, complete with financial documents An invaluable resource for entrepreneurs and business owners across the country, Business Plans For Canadians For Dummies, Second Edition is the definitive book on building a business plan, and creating a better business.