Let's Write Your Business Plan has helped more than 30,000 individuals nationwide plan and initiate successful start-up businesses. This 118-page comprehensive, user-friendly workbook contains: A sample business plan based on a fictitious retail bookstore Clear, easy-to-understand descriptions of each section of a business plan Simple, fill-in-the-blank worksheets for both the narrative description of your business and the financial statements A glossary of business terms Recommended resources for additional assistance A practical, organized approach to business planning Let's Write Your Business Plan helps the novice write a strong, bankable business plan, reducing the risk of business failure by providing a step-by-step process for decision-making and problem solving. Companion Disk To simplify development of the financial worksheets, a template is available on disk for use with appropriate spreadsheet software programs (Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 or Microsoft Works). This template is designed to be used on personal computers. It also can be used with MacIntosh computers, if you have a utility program such as Access PC that allows you to convert PC files. This template duplicates all the financial worksheets in Let's Write Your Business Plan. The user can simply input data, save and print. With this disk, the user can quickly and easily experiment with various alternatives. Table of Contents (in MS Word) (in Adobe PDF) Sample Worksheet #1 (in MS Word) (in Adobe PDF) Sample Worksheet #4 (in MS Word) (in Adobe PDF)

"This book is an ingenious tool in the preparation of a personal business plan. It takes what looks like an impossible task and breaks it down into easily dealt with sections. Information on financing and organizing market research is especially helpful."

Don Cloud, President
Groutstick Corporation
Sarasota, Florida