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Posted by admin on June 12th, 2007 in Business Plans

Summary:Writing an effective business plan is a vital step in gaining small business financing, because a viable business plan tells lenders and investors that they can expect to see a return on their money. This video seminar will teach you how to write an effective business plan independently.

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This 8-part video seminar on how to develop your business plan was created by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Palo Alto Software (the creators of Business Plan Pro).

Part 1: The first part of this video seminar / tutorial on how to develop your business plan explains the importance of business plans both in gaining startup capital and other financing and in business development.

Part 2:The second part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan covers the situation analysis and marketing plan aspects of the business plan, from understanding your competitive advantage to your SWOT analysis.

Part 3:The third part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan explains the concepts of strategy and priorities.

Part 4:The fourth part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan shows you how to combine your situation analysis and strategy in developing an actual plan for your business’ growth.

Part 5:The fifth part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan explains how to crunch the numbers and financials of the business plan, such as a sales forecast, personnel plan, balance sheet, cash flow plan, etc.

Part 6:The sixth part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan explains how to handle financial forecasting for your business (where you expect your business to be financially at different points in the future).

Part 7:The seventh part of this video tutorial on developing a business plan helps you actually implement your business plan, turning it into a management tool.

Part 8:The closing segment of this 8-part video tutorial on business plan writing offers additional resources on the Web to help you write more effective business plans.

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