6 Great Biz Plan Links
Whether you are starting out, need funding or just want to monitor the health of your business, creating a business plan is your first step on the path to success. Read Entrepreneur.com’s extensive how-to, check out dozens of sample plans, and use its calculators to complete your financials.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_Node/0,4507,131-----,00.html
2). Howard University
This is Washington DC-based Howard University’s sample business plan template – it doesn’t get any clearer than this! http://www.ntia.doc.gov/opadhome/mtdpweb/busplano.htm
3). Biz-in-a-Box
This website offers a free business start up guide which looks at business planning, protecting your venture, accounting, staffing your business, finance and insurance issues.
www.biz-in-a-box.co.uk/defaultpage.asp?PageID=quickstart
4). Just Start Ups
A new web resource containing very practical information and advice as well as links to products and services specifically for business start-ups, sole traders and growing small businesses. www.nowletsgetstarted.co.uk
5). Small Business Advice Service
This website is supported by the UK's National Federation of Enterprise Agencies. The service provides access to a range of business information and tools including reference documents, checklists, business planning software, links to other external information sources and services. It also has an "ask a business advisor" service which lets you e-mail an accredited business advisor for free about your business idea. http://www.smallbusinessadvice.org.uk/
6). Youth Business International (YBI)
YBI is a unit of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum that helps disadvantaged young people realise their ambitions to become entrepreneurs. More than 50,000 young people have been set up in business by twenty YBI programs around the world. http://www.youth-business.org/
