TY - BOOK AU - Timmons Jeffry A ; AU - Zacharakis, Andrew ; AU - Spinelli, Stephen ; TI - Business plans that work : a guide for small business SN - 9780071412872 U1 - 658.401 PY - 2004/// CY - New York : PB - McGraw-Hill, KW - Business planning. KW - Small business. KW - Entrepreneurship N1 - Includes Index; Entrepreneurs create the future -- Before you start writing your plan: asking the right questions -- Getting started -- Industry: zoom lens on opportunity -- Company and product description: selling your vision -- Marketing plan: Reaching the customer -- Operations and development: execution -- Team: the key to success -- The critical risks and offering plan sections -- Financial plan: telling your story in numbers N2 - "Today's entrepreneurs are driving a new era of global transformation and growth. But before they can turn ideas into profitmaking ventures, they must craft a business plan that crystallizes and legitimizes those ideas for customers, key talent, and investors." "Business plans that work details a strategic, step-by-step approach to creating, adapting, and writing a solid but flexible business plan that will sell your idea and help you make it a reality."--Jacket ER -