Business Plan Guide and Template. The Word-based Template (48 pages) contains a detailed framework and structure for writing a business plan.

It is complemented by a comprehensive Guide (supplied as a 90+ topic Help file and as a 100+ page PDF file for printing) which offers extensive section-by-section help related to the Template. This includes sample text, typical tables and charts. Matters discussed include planning to plan, length of a plan and writing a basic / short plan.

Sections covered include executive summary, strategy and mission, profiling target markets, marketing strategies, sales plans and projections, technology and R&D, operations and management, financial projections and funding. Requires Microsoft Word 97, 2000, XP or higher. For free registration, email "bizplan@planware.org" with serial # from first page of DOC file. Unprotect code will be supplied at zero charge.

Freeware.

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