Developing a Business Plan is a very important business
activity. Research has shown that
only 16% of businesses have plans. Perhaps this is the reason that
businesses fail early in their life cycle.
BizProWeb
Business Planning Site
http://www.bizproweb.com/features/road_map_to_success.html
Federal
Government Business Site
http://www.business.gov.au/search/rb10.html
This is the Federal Governments Business Planning part of its
site. The site discusses some of the
elements of business planning in Australia.
B(
Business )Plans
BPlans operates a business planning resource centre. One of the
most useful resource are sample
business plans that are available on this site : sample plans try
Boulder Stop: how to plan and online guide
BizPlanit
Site
http://www.bizplanit.com/free.htm
This is the BizPlanit site and offers a range of busines planning
resources on the net. Browse
on business planning topics that will help complete the end of
section tasks. In particular this
part of the menu Virtual
Business Planning Tool offers an excellent virtual business
plan
to work through. This virtual plan also identifies all the parts
of a business plan.
Small
Business Association ( US )
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/starting/businessplan.html
This site presents an outline of a business plan . It has a very
good list of what a business
plan should include and gives advice about what the sections
should include and be about.
Howard
University Small Business Development Centre
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/opadhome/mtdpweb/busplano.htm
This site contains a simple checklist of the main parts of a business plan.