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Automate Your Business Plan (Software CD & Book)

(Updated June 2009)

Requested and Tested for Use by the SBA

Automate Your Business Plan's business planning book and software have been requested, reviewed, and recognized by lenders, investors, and by the SBA.

The SBA in Washington D.C. evaluated Automate Your Business Plan and requested software and book packages for use in their training programs throughout the U.S. By request of the SBA, our book, "Anatomy of Business Plan" (Ben Franklin Award - Best Business Book of the Year), was also condensed into SBA Publication MP-32, How to Write a Business Plan.

(for Windows 2000, XP, Vista or ME)

  • Automate Your Business Plan (Software CD & Book) $95.00 [Add to Cart]
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Anatomy of a Business Plan

A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Smart, Building the Business, and Securing Your Company's Future

Anatomy of a Business Plan, now in its 22nd year and 7th edition, has guided over 1,000,000 business owners smoothly through the business planning process. It has been used extensively for business education by universities, colleges, technical schools, SBA BIC Centers, and SBDCs. Anatomy of a Business Plan is equally appropriate for small businesses and large corporations. It is a favorite in almost every library throughout the U.S. and has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Italian, and other languages for use in foreign countries.

  • Starting With an Exit Strategy
  • What Lenders and Investors Look For
  • Business Planning for Nonprofit
  • Writing Your Executive Summary
  • Organizational Planning
  • Product-Market Analysis
  • Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy
  • Financial Document Development
  • Financial Statement (Ratio) Analysis
  • Tax Considerations
  • Updating Your Plan
  • Research Resources (online and offline)
  • Glossary and Index

This new edition of Anatomy of a Business Plan has been revised to reflect the latest online an printed financial and marketing resources and current business plan practices and is loaded with ready-to-use-forms and worksheets and complete real-world business plans.

Business Planning for Nonprofits. There is a brand new chapter devoted to business planning specific to nonprofit organizations. With guidance from the chapter and reference icons at various points in the planning process, you will be neatly guided through the developments of a plan that is appropriate for your nonprofit.

Financing Your Business. You will be happy to see our new chapter on financing. Learn about debt and equity financing, types of loans, and sources of financing.

Karma Jazz Cafe Business Plan. There are now four complete business plans included in Anatomy of a Business Plan. Over the years, several of our readers have asked for a business plan for a restaurant. We now have one and hope you will like it.

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Anatomy of a Business Plan - eBook Version

A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Smart, Building the Business, and Securing Your Company's Future

Anatomy of a Business Plan, now in its 22nd year and 7th edition, has guided over 1,000,000 business owners smoothly through the business planning process. It has been used extensively for business education by universities, colleges, technical schools, SBA BIC Centers, and SBDCs. Anatomy of a Business Plan is equally appropriate for small businesses and large corporations. It is a favorite in almost every library throughout the U.S. and has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Italian, and other languages for use in foreign countries.

  • Starting With an Exit Strategy
  • What Lenders and Investors Look For
  • Business Planning for Nonprofit
  • Writing Your Executive Summary
  • Organizational Planning
  • Product-Market Analysis
  • Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy
  • Financial Document Development
  • Financial Statement (Ratio) Analysis
  • Tax Considerations
  • Updating Your Plan
  • Research Resources (online and offline)
  • Glossary and Index

This new edition of Anatomy of a Business Plan has been revised to reflect the latest online an printed financial and marketing resources and current business plan practices and is loaded with ready-to-use-forms and worksheets and complete real-world business plans.

Business Planning for Nonprofits. There is a brand new chapter devoted to business planning specific to nonprofit organizations. With guidance from the chapter and reference icons at various points in the planning process, you will be neatly guided through the developments of a plan that is appropriate for your nonprofit.

Financing Your Business. You will be happy to see our new chapter on financing. Learn about debt and equity financing, types of loans, and sources of financing.

Karma Jazz Cafe Business Plan. There are now four complete business plans included in Anatomy of a Business Plan. Over the years, several of our readers have asked for a business plan for a restaurant. We now have one and hope you will like it.

NOTE - Please allow 48 hours to receive a link to download the ebook. Thank you!

  • Anatomy of a Business Plan - eBook Version $20.00 [Add to Cart]
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Keeping the Books (eBook Version)

7th Edition

Keeping the Books, now in its 23nd year is one of the most successful and effective guides to preparing and analyzing financial statements, setting up bookkeeping systems and planning for taxes! A favorite in classrooms and libraries and widely used in colleges, universities, small business development centers, and vocational training courses, Keeping the Books has helped hundreds of thousands of new entrepreneurs to understand and apply small business recordkeeping practices that have contributed significantly to increased profits.

The seventh edition of Keeping the Books offers comprehensive, easy-to-follow information on maximizing deductions, developing budgets and projections, using double- and single-entry accounting, creating balance sheets and profit & loss statements, and developing financial statement ratio analysis.

  • the most current tax forms for each legal structure
  • detailed explanations of tax code revisions that apply to your small business
  • online addresses for small business resources and free government publications
By the time you have finished applying the simple principles in the book, you will understand how all of the pieces of the recordkeeping puzzle fit together to develop a simple, but accurate set of books that will give you the tools you need to increase your profitability. Keep the IRS and yourself happy with records that are 100% verifiable and retrievable!