How to Write a Winning Business Plan

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to see it in a web browser. Write a Winning Business Plan Every business needs a business plan, a plan to meet the expected and unexpected opportunities and obstacles the future holds. Preparing a business plan is part of the process of preparing for a business. A well-conceived business plan is essential to the success of an enterprise. We can help. Business Plan Development: Harvard ManageMentor Online Module Takes you step by step through the process of preparing an effective plan for a professional proposal, from defining your audience and analyzing the market to developing cohesive financial and marketing plans. The steps you will learn are applicable to launching a new internal product as well as seeking funding for a new start-up business. Includes a sample business plan. Yours for only $39.95**. Product #6789C (Online Module) **One-year single user license. BUY NOW $39.95** How to Write a Great Business Plan By William A. Sahlman Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and spectacular success are glossy five-color charts, bundles of meticulous-looking spreadsheets, and decades of month-by-month financial projections. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, often the more elaborately crafted a business plan, the more likely the venture is to flop. Why? Most plans waste too much ink on numbers and devote too little to information that really matters to investors. The result? Investors discount them. HBS Professor, William Sahlman shows how to avoid this all-too-common mistake by ensuring that your plan assesses the factors critical to every new venture. Yours for only $8.95*. Product #2142 (Paperback) BUY NOW $8.95* Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model By John Mullins and Randy Komisar You have a new venture in mind. And you've crafted a business plan so detailed it's a work of art. Don't get too attached to it. As John Mullins and Randy Komisar explain in Getting to Plan B, new businesses are fraught with uncertainty. To succeed, you must change the plan in real time as the inevitable challenges arise. Yours for only $32.95*. Product #2669 (Ebook/PDF or Hardcover) BUY NOW $32.95* Creating a Business Plan: Pocket Mentor Series Creating a Business Plan will show you how to take a long, hard look at each element of the plan and then how to communicate the right message to the right people to maximize the chances of getting your business venture launched. It covers the kinds of information that needs to be contained in a successful business plan, as well as how to present that information so that your readers get what they need and understand quickly what you're asking of them. Yours for only $9.95*. Product #1885 (PDF or Paperback) BUY NOW $9.95* Writing a Business Plan: The Basics Every entrepreneur is encouraged to write a business plan; those who don't quickly learn that future operations can be derailed without a cohesive printed mission and that obtaining outside funding is nearly impossible without one. This chapter discusses the managerial purposes of a business plan and describes the key points that potential investors look for. Yours for only $6.95*. Product #5344BC (PDF or Hard Copy) BUY NOW $6.95* Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Revise your game plan—and profit from the change. If you need the best practices and ideas for creating business models that drive growth—but don't have time to find them—this book is for you. Yours for only $22.00*. Product #10335 (PDF or Paperback) BUY NOW $22.00* To order by phone, call us toll-free at 800-668-6780 and mention referral code 01600. Outside the U.S. and Canada, call +1-617-783-7450. * Purchasers are responsible for all shipping charges, duties, taxes, brokerage fees, and/or import fees imposed by the country of import. Please check with your customs office for details. If you do not wish to receive special offer email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)