| A sample business plan is absolutely critical for a | | | | which is run by Palo Alto Software. The only |
| newbie business plan writer. If you can get a | | | | caveat here is that they are trying to get you to |
| hold of a sample business plan, you will be able to | | | | buy their software. However, you don't have to |
| see how a business plan is worded. You'll be able | | | | buy the software to look at the plans. You only |
| to see how it is formatted. | | | | have to buy the software if you want the ability |
| Sample business plans are relatively easy to find | | | | to edit those specific plans. |
| on the Web. You can also go to your local | | | | The final site we're going to discuss is . This site |
| library and look at some sample business plans. | | | | lists the basic outline of a business plan. This site |
| In this article, I'll give you a few places to go | | | | also differentiates between when you should and |
| online to find sample business plans. | | | | shouldn't use a business plan. |
| You can go to score.org and get templates that | | | | A sample business plan can help you out a lot as |
| you can fill out in Word or Excel. They have | | | | you craft your first business plan. It will help you |
| plans for startup companies and existing | | | | to cut down on the learning curve. Once you |
| companies. They even have plans for people | | | | have your business plan completed, you can be |
| running nonprofit organizations. If you get stuck | | | | that much closer to securing the financing that |
| on writing your business plan, you can also get | | | | your business needs to get to that next level. |
| free counseling from one of the SCORE | | | | Starting out a small business is fine, but you don't |
| counselors. | | | | want to stay small, do you? |
| Another site worth checking out for templates is | | | | |