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Guide to successful business planning

When you're thinking about what to put in your business plan, following the practical tips given in this great guide to successful business planning will help you to ensure your business starts positively and achieves results. The successful business planning guide helps you to think about your objectives, how you can achieve your goals and how to convey all of this into a realistic and effective business plan.

Securing funding with a business plan - The Dragons' Perspective

The BBC2 show Dragons' Den is now in its fifth series and while the show is obviously edited to entertain (more than anything else); it seems as if the current bunch of contestants has not watched any of the previous shows! This article will help you to write a business plan that gets you the funding you need. Read the full article

Dragons' Master Class - the numbers you need to know!

Why do entrepreneurs consistently fail to appreciate how important it is to have financials in hand when pitching an idea? Why do they consistently present a business plan without even a rudimentary knowledge of basic financial concepts, such as turnover or margin? This article highlights some of the financials that any aspiring entrepreneur needs to know before submitting or pitching a business plan to a ‘dragon’ of any hue. Read the full article

Common Business Plan Mistakes

While including the necessary items in a business plan is important, you also want to make sure you don’t commit any of the following common business plan mistakes: Read this article to find out the most common business plan mistakes and how you can avoide them. Read the full article here.

5 Warning signs that your business plan is unrealistic

When you're preparing your business plan it's always difficult to know whether you're being realistic or not. After all, most of the figures you have in your plan are your best 'guesstimate' of what will happen at some point in the future. As none of us have the benefit of a crystal ball, this article highlights 5 warning signs that signal your business plan is unrealistic.

Business planning help for inventors

Inventor Resource is a useful site with over over 60 articles covering everything you need to know about getting your idea or invention patented, manufactured and into the shops.

Top 10 Internet Products for Starting a New Business

Starting a business is an incredibly exciting time for any entrepreneur; however it can also be stressful with so much to do in so little time. The start-up phase is also characterized by significant expenditures against a backdrop of uncertain income. However, there are a number of products and services that can help you maximize your chances of success while also saving you considerable time and money. Click here to read this article in full.

Top 10 UK Resources to Help you Write a Winning Business Plan

Writing a business plan is one of the most important things an entrepreneur must do when starting a new business. However, writing a compelling business plan is easier said than done, particularly when time can be so precious. This article outlines the key resources available to UK entrepreneurs when preparing a business plan.  Click here to read this article in full.

Why Business Planning is not just for Start-ups

One of the greatest misconceptions about business planning is that a business plan is useful only for start-ups. While start-up companies are indeed one significant segment of business planners, business planning is being utilised by an increasing number of companies as a means to manage growth better, to ensure new ideas have been assessed for commercial viability, and to value a business on exit. Click here to read this article in full.

Written by Alan Gleeson, MD of Palo Alto Software Ltd, creators of Business Plan Pro 2007.

Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid

The importance of business planning is widely documented; however, guidance as to what constitutes good business planning is less clearly defined. This article aims to redress that imbalance by describing 10 of the most common mistakes that occur in business plans. Click here to read the full article.

Article written by Alan Gleeson, MD of Palo Alto Software Ltd, creators of Business Plan Pro 2007

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