LibGuides: Business Plans: Getting Started

Business Plan Guides

Journeys: Small Business Learning Platform
From the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Journeys learning dashboard walks you through many of the same topics that you will tackle in your business plan.
Business Plan Preparation
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. University of Colorado.
Business Planning for Nonprofits: Why, When - and How it Compares to Strategic Planning
Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
The Nonprofit Business Plan
Donald A. Griesmann

A Short Course in International Business Plans by Robert Brown; Alan S. Gutterman
Call Number: eBook - available online
Guide to Business Planning by Graham Friend; Stefan Zehle
Call Number: eBook - available online

Publication Date: 2008

A comprehensive guide to various aspects of preparing and using a business plan.

All of the print books listed below may be borrowed through Summit, if the WSU copy is checked out.

Anatomy of a Business Plan (8th edition) by Linda Pinson
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HD30.28 .P5 2014

Publication Date: 2014

Includes a chapter on nonprofits.
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Writing Business Plans and Proposals by K. Dennis Chambers
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HD62.5 .C423 2008

Publication Date: 2008

Step by step, Chambers covers how to be persuasive in writing proposals and business plans. Includes numerous examples.
Business Plans and Business Proposals by Don Debelak
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HF5718.5 .D43 2006

Publication Date: 2006
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business Plans by Gwen Moran; Sue Johnson
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HD30.28 .M67 2005

Publication Date: 2005

Offers both the tactical and economic considerations to start and sustain your company-- and keep ahead of the competition. The book explores the crucial elements of a business plan-- with examples.
Entrepreneur Magazine's Creating a Successful Business Plan: a Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Plan. (5th edition) by Mark Henricks
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HD30.28 .H477 2004

Publication Date: 2004
Bankable Business Plans by Edward G. Rogoff
Call Number: Holland & Terrell HD30.28 .R644 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Designed to help create a compelling business plan for any endeavor.