BUSINESS MISSION STATEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The executive summary is a very important section of a business plan. Our selected tutorials and samples provide all information you'll ever need to create one:

• Sample Confidential Summary ("..This summary received one of the highest venture scores to an Investors Choice conference. It scored 72 out of 100 points.." - Biotech example, but can be applied to other businesses as well)

• Do Diligence Partners Technology Investment Evaluation - Sample Executive Overview (PDF, 26k, 7 pg. Detailed)

• Executive Summary (Detailed Tutorial)

• Executive Summary Sample (Restaurant Business. Detailed!)

• Sample Executive Summary for an early stage company business plan (DOC file)

• Writing a Business Plan: The Executive Summary (Detailed Tutorial)

• Executive Summary - Business Plan For The Georgia Gis Coordinating Committee (Very Detailed. PDF, 9 pg.)

• Executive Summary as a Guiding Light ("There's no one right way to go about writing a plan. One of the most effective approaches I've discovered is to begin by writing an executive summary.." - Including several links to related onside articles, including business plan advises)

• and more...

BUSINESS STARTUP CHECKLISTS & TUTORIALS

Before starting a business, you may like to evaluate our list of business startup guides and the very useful checklists. Take a look here:

• Small Business Start Up Guide (A good Pre-Business Start up Guide)

• Business Start Up Checklist

• Articles related to start-up ("..From naming your business to deciding between a sole proprietorship and an LLC, get tips on getting your business off the ground..")

• Checklist For Starting A Business: Considerations and License, Permit and Tax Requirements (With Specific Detail on Washington State and the Localities Within Thurston County)

• Checklist For Starting A Business: Considerations and License, Permit and Tax Requirements

• Business Start-Up Checklist ("..list of steps which provide a general guideline to anyone who is starting a business in Maine...")

• Evaluating Start-Up Costs ("When starting a new business, moving to a new location, opening a new branch or expanding your business, there will be start-up or one-time expenses..." - Checklist)

• Business Start-Up Checklist ("..a list meant to remind of the tasks you may have to perform to start your business..")

• Start-Up Financing ("..This is addressed to entrepreneurs seeking startup and early stage capital. I'm seeing a great deal of confusion, frustration, and discouragement resulting from seemingly widespread misconceptions about the role - and availability - of outside investment capital..." - Article)

• Starting Your Business. "...We'll take you through the process of starting a new business, from thinking about it to planning it to actually doing it."

• Starting a home business - Do you have what it takes?

• U.S. Business Advisor

• Small Business Start Up Guide (A good Pre-Business Start up Guide)

• First Steps You Should Take After You've Decided To Start a Virtual Assistant Practice (General guideline for starting a business in the United States)

• Start Up Checklist (By Canada/British Columbia Business Service Centre, detailed)

• Preparation for Planning a Business Venture - Feasibility study to answer "Should I start a new business?" (A comprehensive online manual and links referrals)

• Business startup overview tips (From To Incorporate Or Not to Management Tips For Start-Ups)

• Starting Your Business

• Start-up checklist ("..Countless things to do when setting up a business. Little things, big things. It's easy to forget one and it's difficult to judge which ones are really important. In order to help you, a start-up checklist has been drawn up...")

• Business Startup Model (A 7-step tutorial helpful for any startup business ')

• New Business Start-up Checklist ("..We've identified the 100 key factors and steps to help the person starting a new business, and grouped these into 10 distinct areas...)

• Start-Up Legal Check List ("..It is generally a good idea for businesses to be proactive about legal issues that may affect them..." - Follow the links to detailed articles)

• The start up process ("..Setting up a Development Trust is a complex process likely to take a year and involve the very different complexities of creating both a successful small business and establishing a voluntary body...")

• Team Start-up Checklist (".. This checklist is designed to help individuals and organizations assess their readiness to form a team. Ensuring operational readiness can help organizations save time and money and ultimately produce effective productive teams...")

• 8 Ways to Make Your Start-Up Message Contagious - Implement these viral-marketing tactics, and the diagnosis will be strictly incurable success. (Article)

• Personnel Services Firm Start-Up Checklist ("..checklist is designed to remind you of the tasks you may have to perform to start your business...")

• and more...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS

Once a business is running, there are issues concerning tax, insurance, trade and other business start-up related areas:

• The Tax Library (Cold & hard facts to protect hard-earned income. Guide to 44 onside articles)

• Business Insurance: A 12-Point Checklist (Article/Tutorial)

• The Risk-Averse Entrepreneur (Article)

• U.S. Business Advisor

• The Entrepreneur Network (Information, contacts and counsel to inventors and entrepreneurs: Pre-startup through early stage)

• Business Start-Up Checklist For Success

• Evaluating Start-Up Costs ("When starting a new business, moving to a new location, opening a new branch or expanding your business, there will be start-up or one-time expenses..." - Checklist)

• Kentucky Business Guide (A very extensive guide! with many information also useful for doing business in any other state. Information also available in PDF format)

• Doing Business in Delaware (State Requirements)

• Step-by-step guides running a successful business (From business planning to financial planning. Many valuable tips & information on this site)

• Best Cities to Start and Grow a Company in Now

• Entrepreneurship on the Internet (Precision Marketing: About identifying a solid business concept)

• The Added-Value Theory of Business (Article)

• Advertising a Small Business (Detailed)

• Breaking Into The Trade Game: A Small Business Guide (Detailed. Export tips & tutorial and contacts)

• and more...

FINANCIAL ISSUES

RAISING CAPITAL & START-UP FINANCING

The issue of raising capital is a major ones and important for every business. We found excellent tutorials about start-up financing and tips what has to be considered when searching for venture capitalist and raising capital:

• Top 7 Things Nobody Will Ever Tell You About How To Raise Capital And Start A New Business But Later Wish You Had Known (Interesting Tutorial)

• Q&A: Small Business and the SEC. ("..A guide to help you understand how to raise capital and comply with the federal securities laws..")

• Start-up Financing: Banks vs. Venture Capital (PDF, 34 pg. - Tutorial)

• How The Experts Raise Capital (Tutorial, Tips)

• A Start-Ups Financing Strategy

• How To Raise Money For Your Small Business

• How To Raise Money To Start A Business

• Start-Up Financing Issue (Discussion Board)

• Financing Your Start-Up E-Business

• Financing Your Dotcom Start-Up - VCs aren't handing out money like candy any longer. Here are some alternate options to explore.

• A Confessions of a Venture Capitalist: Inside the High-Stakes World of Start-Up Financing (Book)

• and more...

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