BRS Assists

Business Plans

Business Reference Section. Science, Technology, and Business Division
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 2000

This "BRS Assist," focusing on sources of information about business plans, is one of several short BRS Assist bibliographies compiled by the staff of the Business Reference Section to assist users in quickly locating basic information on topics for which the Section receives frequent questions.

Author/Title Listing

• Adams Streetwise complete business plan : writing a business plan has never been easier!
  Bob Adams.
  Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Media, 1998.
  HD30.28 .A3 1998 Bus RR

• Anatomy of a business plan : a step-by-step guide to building a business and securing your company's future, 6th ed.
  Linda Pinson.
  Chicago : Dearborn, Trade Publishing, c2005.
  HD30.28 .P5 2005 Bus RR
  Table of Contents

• Business plans handbook : a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America.
  Detroit, MI : Gale Research, Inc., 1st ed.- c1995-, annual.
  HD62.7 .B865 Bus RR

• Business plans that work : a guide for small business
  Jeffry A. Timmons, Stephen Spinelli, Andrew Zacharakis. .
  New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004.
  HD30.28 .T5766 2004
  Table of Contents
  Publisher-supplied description

• Business plans that work : for your small business
  edited by Susan M. Jacksack.
  Chicago, Ill. : CCH Incorporated, c1998.
  HD62.7 .B867 1998
  Table of Contents

• How to write a business plan. 6th ed.
  by Mike Mckeever.
  Berkeley, CA : Nolo Press, c.2002.
  HD30.28 .M3839 2002 Bus RR

• Model business plans for service businesses
  William A. Cohen.
  New York : Wiley, c1995.
  HD30.28 .C627 1995 Bus RR
  Table of Contents
  Publisher-supplied description
  Publisher-supplied biographical information

• The Perfect business plan made simple
  William Lasher.
  New York : Doubleday, c1994.
  HD62.5 .L37 1994 Bus RR
  Publisher-supplied description

• The Prentice Hall encyclopedia of model business plans
  Wilbur Cross and Alice M. Richey.
  Paramus, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1998.
  HD30.28 .C76 1998 Bus RR

• Successful business planning in 30 days: a step-by-step guide for writing a business plan and starting your own business, 2nd ed.
  Peter J. Patsula
  Arlington, TX: Patsula Media, c2002.
  HD30.28.P3243 2002 Bus RR

• The Total business plan : how to write, rewrite, and revise, 2nd ed.
  Patrick D. O'Hara.
  New York : Wiley, c1995.
  HD30.28 .O35 1995 Bus RR

• Your first business plan : a simple question and answer format designed to help you write your own plan 4th ed.
  Joseph Covello and Brian Hazelgren.
  Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002.
  HD62.5 .C685 2002 Bus RR

Library of Congress Subject Headings

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• Business planning
• New business enterprises--Planning
• Proposal writing in business
• Small business--Planning

Internet Resources

• Business Plans and Profiles Index
  "A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types" http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html
  Publisher: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• bplans.com! The Business Planning Resource for Small Business
  http://www.bplans.com/
  Publisher: Palo Alto Software

• IBP: Interactive business planner/Planificateur d'affaires interactif (In English and French)
  http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/
  Publisher: CBSC/CSEC Canadian Business Service Centers/Centres de Services aux Entreprises du Canada.

BRS Assists: Business Plans