Family finances: Make your dream come true - Chicago Tribune

Family finances: Make your dream come true Chicago Tribune Analyze the market and the competition for your product or service. You'll find data and statistics at the Small Business Administration Web site (http://www.sba.gov/content/understand-your-market-and-economic-conditions). -- Write a business plan.

Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan - blogs.hbr.org (blog)

Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan blogs.hbr.org (blog) Clarity of purpose and passion ruled the day with less time spent writing about an idea and more time spent just doing it. It's not that all planning is bad. It's that efforts to write the "perfect" business plan usually lead to being precisely ...

Benefits of a Business Plan - NuWire Investor

Benefits of a Business Plan NuWire Investor One franchise executive notes the importance of all franchise candidates to write a business plan, although it is common for this to fail to occur. Ed Teixeira believes this is likely because prospective franchisees don't see franchises as capable of ... and more »

SBDC Business Forum: Business plan takes key steps - Times Herald-Record

SBDC Business Forum: Business plan takes key steps Times Herald-Record By Barbara Voerg The use of clichés in writing is considered a sign of inexperience. Sometimes, however, there simply isn't a better way to convey an idea or to make a point. Such is the case when emphasizing the importance of a good business plan. and more »

The punk business plan of Cock Sparrer - The Phoenix

The punk business plan of Cock Sparrer The Phoenix By BARRY THOMPSON | May 15, 2012 If you play in, work with, or write about bands, you've doubtlessly listened to dozens of wheeler-and-dealers pitch purportedly clever plans to "make it" in the music biz. Most of these schemes fall into the half-baked, ...