Quick Start Guide to Business Plans

Treatises

Flying Solo: a Survival Guide for the Solo and Small Firm Laywer, edited by K. William Gibson, ABA Law Practice Management Section, 2005 (Law Stacks KF 300 .Z9 F59 2005)
Chapter three of this book discusses business plans for law firms.

The Lawyer's Guide to Creating a Business Plan: a Step-by-Step Software Package, by Linda Pinson, ABA Law Practice Management Section, 2005(Law Reserve KF 315 .Z9 P56 2005)
A customized Windows-based software package that provides ways to research and write a business plan for a law firm.

Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of Model Business Plans, by Wilbur Cross, Prentice Hall, 1998 (Mabee Library Stacks HD 30.28 .C76 1998)
This publication is located at Mabee Library. It provides business plans for a variety of businesses.

Materials & Cases on Law Practice Management: a Learning Tool for Law Students, by, Thomas McKnight Steele, LexisNexis, 2004 (Law Reserve KF318.A7 S74 2004)
Contains assignments for completing a five year business plan.

How to Write a Business Plan, by Mike McKeever, Nolo Press, 2007 (Law Reference HD30.28 .M3839 2007 )
This publication provides instructions and forms for creating a business plan. It also icludes a CD-Rom with forms.

Anatomy of a Business Plan: a Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing Your Company's Future, by Linda Pinson, Dearborn Trade Pub, 2005 (Law Stacks KF315.Z9 P56 2005, CD-ROM on Reserve)
includes how-tos as well as forms and worksheets for creating a business plan.

Bankable Business Plans, by Edward Rogoff, Texere, 2004 (Law Stacks HD30.28 .R644 2004)
This book discusses what should be in a business plan and provides actual plans for small businesses.

Online Resources

United States Small Business Administration
This website provides a guide for writing a business plan, and links to several examples of business plans.

Business Plan Preparation Tools
Presented by the University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship this website provides twelve steps for writing a business plan, as well as example plans from their students.

Bplans.com
This website sells business plan software, but there are 60 free sample business plans to view.

BRS Center for Business Planning
This website provides access to outlines and instructions for creating business plans.

About.com Business Plan Examples
This website provides example plans for a variety of businesses. It also provides marketing plan and financial worksheets.

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