Business Plans Library Guide   Tags: business, business plans, small business, start-up  

The Oxford Dictionary for the Business World defines a business plan as a “detailed plan setting out the objectives of a business over a stated period, often three, five, or ten years…For new businesses it is an essential document for raising capital or loans. The plan should quantify as many of the objectives as possible, providing monthly cash flows and production figures for at least the first two years, with diminishing detail in subsequent years; it must also outline its strategy and the tactics it intends to use in achieving its objectives. Anticipated profit and loss accounts should form part of the business plan on a quarterly basis for at least two years, and an annual basis thereafter. For a group of companies the business plan is often called a corporate plan.”

The Oxford Dictionary for the Business World, Oxford University Press, 1993 may be found in the Reference Room at call number HF1001 .O96 1993.

This guide provides you with various formats of materials that may be helpful to you in writing a business plan. You will find reference materials, books available through MaagNet and OhioLINK, electronic books, business databases, and web resources.

• Sample Business Plan 1
• Sample Business Plan 2
• Sample Outline
• Sample Spreadsheet:   Start Up / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3
• Sample PowerPoint