Business Plan Help & Small Business Articles
Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a new business, a small business looking to grow, or an established company in search of fresh business ideas, you can find the practical advice and timely tips you need in our gallery of business articles.
How to Write a Business Plan
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Proper business planning is key to starting or growing your business. To get started, take a look at our most popular business planning articles. Or check out our free sample business plans.
- A Standard Business Plan Outline
- The Different Types of Business Plans
- What Is a Business Plan?
- What Makes a Good Plan?
- Common Business Plan Mistakes
- A Simpler Plan for Startups
- How Long Should a Business Plan Be?
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Starting a Business
- Business Startup Strategy
- The Right Business for You
- Know Your Industry Before You Start
- Estimating Realistic Startup Costs
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Dealing with rising gas costs
If you travel by car for business or to commute to and from work, you are probably looking for ways to cut the costs of traveling. An article on eHow.com gives tips on how to maximize fuel efficiency when you travel. Here are a few tips from this article:
Plan the trip so as to avoid […]
Spelling and editing are fundamental business planning activities
When I first entered the job market, all my advisors all stressed, over and over again, to be sure my résumé had no misspellings or grammatical errors. They said that employers have to screen hundreds of job applications, and would use any good reason or bad excuse to toss out an applicant. Misspellings and language […]
Start an import export business
World Market and Global Economy are more than simply buzz words. We buy and sell goods across international borders with wild abandon. Import and export businesses are everywhere, sometimes dealing as wholesale distributors, sometimes as independent buyers and retailers, buying goods in one country and selling them in another. Here is a collection of resources, […]
The importance of cash flow in an economic downturn
You can be profitable and still be bankrupt. You must closely plan and monitor your cash flow to be successful and stay in business.
During the current 2008 financial crisis, even the largest corporations have had to face this truth, and more than a few have suffered the consequences.
Tim Berry, president and founder of Palo Alto […]
Planning tips from Palo Alto Software customers
Palo Alto Software recently conducted a survey of customers about their business planning efforts and needs. While some of the findings were predictable, others offer lessons for entrepreneurs trying to get started, as well as those trying to get back to fundamentals. The following article highlights three areas of planning our respondents found challenging, and […]
