Section 1 The Role of business plan
Section 2 The business planning process
Section 3 Elements of a business plan
 

 

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Section 1 The Role of business plan

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.

 

There are many resources on the internet to help students learn about business planning.

BizProWeb Business Planning Site
http://www.bizproweb.com/features/road_map_to_success.html


This site contains a good explanation about why new businesses should be planned
and outlines some of the advantages of planning

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.

 

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Section 2 The business planning process

B( Business )Plans

http://www.bplans.com/

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.

 

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Section 3 Elements 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.

 

 

 

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