{"id":185025,"date":"2010-01-15T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/2010\/01\/3-great-online-resources-for-w.php"},"modified":"2010-01-15T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T19:50:00","slug":"3-great-online-resources-for-writing-a-business-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/185025","title":{"rendered":"3 Great Online Resources For Writing A Business Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week we told you<\/a> how a well crafted elevator pitch can be more effective than a well written business plan, but a business plan is still a necessary step in any startup. Writing a business plan can be a daunting task for a first-time entrepreneur with little or no experience in business. Thankfully there are plenty of resources online for researching and creating a great business plan, so here are three great examples.<\/p>\n

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EBS Business Plan Builder<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

The New England Business Service<\/a> has provided an excellent online tool for easily creating a business plan. Simply fill in the fields and the NEBS does the rest, formatting your plan for you to copy and paste into a word processing application of your choice.<\/p>\n

Critical Steps to Writing a Business Plan<\/a><\/h2>\n

Along with several other articles for writing and preparing your business plan, About.com<\/a> has put together nine steps to complete to make the process simple. From determining your audience to reviewing and editing, follow these steps and you’ll have a great business plan in your hands.<\/p>\n

Bplans.com<\/a><\/h2>\n

If you’re looking for a sample business plan to look over before you start writing one of your own, Bplans<\/a> has you covered. With over 500 samples and their own software for business plan creation, Bplans is an excellent online resource for young entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

For an extensive list of resources for writing a business plan, be sure to check out OnlineAccountingColleges.com<\/a>‘s list of 50 Free Sources for Business Plans, Templates and Models<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week we told you how a well crafted elevator pitch can be more effective than a well written business plan, but a business plan is still a necessary step in any startup. Writing a business plan can be a daunting task for a first-time entrepreneur with little or no experience in business. Thankfully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}