The ultimate purpose of developing a business plan is to have a successful business. In the long run, it is fruitless to write a business plan that can raise the funds you seek if your enterprise is so poorly conceived it is bound to fail.
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'Bookkeeping for Dummies' will guide you through all the basic skills needed to keep your business efficient and cost-effective - from tracking your transactions and keeping ledgers, to producing balance sheets and satisfying the taxman at year-end.
In short, easy-to-digest sections and using useful case studies, it contains: practical advice on creating a successful plan guidance on presenting the right plan for the right audience and getting maximum benefit from minimum effort.
Without a business plan, no bank, venture capital house, or corporate parent will consider finance for a start up, expansion or venture funding. Written for entrepreneurs, executives, and students, The Business Plan Workbook is a guide to all aspects of business planning. Based on methodology developed at the Cranfield School of Management and using successful real-life business plans, The Business Plan Workbook brings together the process and procedures required to produce that persuasive plan. The case examples in this edition have been updated and include a cross-section of businesses at various stages in their development.
