Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Business Planning

Top resources

• Business Plans & Profiles Index
  Online.  Indexes the Business Plans Handbook (vols 1-11 online, vols 12-15 in ebook format (linked below)), Bplans.com, and other Internet and print sources (e.g., Model Business Plans for Service Businesses).
  
  
• Business Plans Handbook
  Online.  A popular multi-volume resource, each book contains 20-25 actual business plans.  The website Reference for Business provides free online access to the first 11 volumes (also available in print at REF HD62.7 .B865).  
  

 

Additional sources

• Bplans.com
  Online.  Access to over 500 sample business plans.
  
  
• MOOT CORP Competition: Sample Business Plans
  Online.  Over 25 sample plans from the University of Texas business plan competition.
  
  
• Sample Marketing Plans (Mplans.com)
  Online.  A collection of 21 sample marketing plans for a range of businesses.
  
  
• Small Business Sourcebook (REF HD2346.U5 S65)
  Print.  Six volume print resource.  Volumes 1-3 contain about 340 small business profiles.  Volumes 3-6 cover small business topics and state/federal small business assistance agencies and organizations.    Profiles review the following types of resources: