Business Planning Help & Business Articles
The following articles will help you produce a winning business plan regardless of whether you are a startup, student, or small business looking to grow. You'll find practical advice and killer tips to help you produce a winning business plan.
How to Write a Business Plan
Need to write a business plan?
Writing a business plan is a critical requirement for any entrepreneur or business looking to grow. Read an article from the list or view a sample business plan to help you produce a winning business plan.
- Easiest Way to Write a Business Plan
- 10 UK Resources to Help Write a Plan
- Funding - Dragon's Perspective
- 10 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid
- Planning is not just for Start-ups
- Top Tips for Writing a Business Plan
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Starting a Business
- Who wants to be an Entrepreneur?
- Top 10 Internet Products for Start-Ups
- Reasons you Need a Business Plan
- Forecasting Your Sales
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Starting a new business?
Starting a new business can be both rewarding and challenging in equal measure. Kick-start your business with advice and articles on everything from business plans to strategy to finance.
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The Importance of Planning – Steps to recession-proof your business
Introduction
There is a lot of uncertainty at the moment (May 6, 2008) with much talk in the media of an ‘impending economic downturn’. While the phrase ‘recession’ seems to be close to many people’s lips, it is being muttered in hushed tones rather than being shouted from the rafters. In the U.S. they are ‘not […]
Where to Start? An A to Z Guide for Entrepreneurs
Starting a new business is a very exciting time – however, it is also very challenging. Luckily there is plenty of help at hand for those who are clever enough to look for it. Did I say clever? Yes, I did, because many entrepreneurs charge headlong into their pet projects without giving due consideration to […]
Business Valuation
Valuation is what a business is worth, as in “this company’s valuation is £10 million.” This would mean that a company is valued at £10 million, or worth £10 million. The term is used most often for discussions of sale or purchase of a company; it’s valuation is the price of a share times the […]
An Inconvenient Truth – Lessons for Entrepreneurs
I recently watched Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and found it compelling viewing. It is an excellent production and helped shine a powerful spotlight on climate change, the challenges we face and some steps we can take to reduce the effects we are causing[1]. It painted a very bleak picture for the future of […]
The Easiest Way to Write a Business Plan
So, you have decided to start up a new business. You begin to do some research and find that almost everything you read recommends that you produce a business plan. Why is this so? Because the benefits of compiling a business plan are numerous – not least, the fact that committing your thoughts to paper […]



