The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies
Author: Rhonda Abrams, Eugene Kleiner
List Price: $29.95
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ISBN: 0966963563
Publisher: Planning Shop (September, 2003)
Sales Rank: 9,986
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great book, some flaws...but not enough to lose stars
This book was well organized and some of the worksheets were a little hard to use but its still one of the better books I've looked at. The worksheets I had problems with were the financial planners. Some of them were not well explained and therefore hard to use. Overall, the book was very thorough and hopefully it will help my plans for starting a business go through.Pros:
-The sample plans were the strongest part of the book because it allowed you to see how the worksheets were put together.
-Very thorough book.
-Leaves nothing out in terms of how to write a business plan and then how to get the money.
Cons:
-The book fell apart on me after reading through it a few times. For such a high quality text I expect a better put together book.
-Some of the financials were not matching other sections of the sample plan to see how it was put together overall.
-Some of the worksheets especially the financials were not well explained.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Best Business Planning Book, PERIOD.
I have read a lot of them and written a lot of them... business plans and bus planning books. This is BY FAR the best book available. It has depth and the detail needed to write a SERIOUS business plan. The only reason it has been criticized in reviews here is that it has a lot of detail and requires WORK. If you want the Daffy Duck business plan book (don't want to work), go elsewhere. If you want to get money (are willing to work), buy this book and do it from cover to cover. A MUST HAVE BOOK.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not as helpful as I had hoped....
I did not find this book as helpful as I was hoping. First, and most importantly, I needed more examples. There was only one and it was a service organization and I needed to see an example of a manufacturing organization where the target customer was not so geographically limited. Also, I found that the way the book is organized was difficult. I felt the book was more oriented toward helping someone sort out their thoughts and feelings about starting a business than it was focused on actually structuring and writing a business plan. What I actually need are the hard, factual mechanics of writing a business plan and I did not find it to my satisfaction in this book. Similar Products
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