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RDesh01

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is the place to go:

http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/p
lan/index.html

You should check out the assistance available from SCORE:

http://score.org

--Tony

I have been using Business Plan Pro since version 1.0. II use the premiere edition; I have also used Marketing Plan Pro since 1.0.If I bought my first edition of Business Plan Pro back in 1988. It had been recommended to me by a popular venture capitalist at that time (A. David Silver out of Santa Fe). Tim Berry is the mastermind behind these programs. He's also a contributing writer for Entrepreneur Magazine. Palo Alto Software provides great software support and loads of insightful information and tips on preparing and marketing your plans. The software will save you a lot of time in organization and format. Another business plan preparation guru I would recommend you look up is Rhonda Abrams. She's running a financial column on Yahoo. I connected with her about the same time I got the first edition of Buisiness Plan Pro. She's produced several books on business plan writing and start up since then. If you decide to produce your business plan yourself, at least have it edited professionally for grammar as well as content. This is where the folks at your local SCORE office could prove helpful.

Barb T., New Mexico USA
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