Making a business plan

Making a Business Plan is a how-to-textbook with an accompanying website offering useful tools to enable you to write a business plan without any prior knowledge. The book is easy to follow and written in plain language. Why Making a Business Plan? A step-by-step approach to making a business plan No prior knowledge required Additional study materials available online In this fully revised third edition of the book, eight steps to writing a business plan are described. They are as follows: Step 1: recognizing yourself as an entrepreneur Step 2: developing your idea Step 3: setting up your business Step 4: researching your market Step 5: planning your promotional strategies Step 6: organizing your business Step 7: arranging your finances Step 8: implementing your plan. For each step the necessary theory is explained briefly, after which you start working on activities designed to culminate in a complete business plan. If you wish, you can consult additional literature. In addition to activities, Making a Business Plan contains extra assignments designed to provide you with a better understanding of the material. The book also contains numerous examples: particularly useful since financial terminology can be difficult for newly fledged entrepreneurs.