Thinking of starting a business or raising money to expand an existing one? This popular book will show you how to write the business plan and loan package necessary to finance your business and make it work.

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The encyclopedia contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners.

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Sample business plans including entries in the MOOT CORP® Competition, guidelines for business planning, free newsletters, and a directory of more than 600 business planning resources.

100+ free sample plans and articles on how to write a business plan, start a business, finance a business, grow a business and more.

Business Plan Archive is an online repository for business plans and related planning documents. Beginning in 2008, public access is no longer allowed. The Business Plan Archive now supports non-commercial academic research and education only.

A Subject Guide to Sample Business Plans and Profiles for Specific Business Types. Published by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Whether you're just starting out, need funding or want to monitor the health of your business, creating a business plan is your first step on the path to success. Read our extensive how-to to get started on your plan.

Learn how to start a business, wirte a business plan, and all about business start up. Sponsored by a nonprofit organization helping people succeed in business since 1992.

The Small Business Administration's step-by-step planner.

Free small business information includes: how to write a business plan; start a business; business forms; news and more. Sponsored by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.

Provides real-world business advice to people who want to start a business and who want to grow their small business.

Classic Harvard Business Review article by William A. Sahlman.

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Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.

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