The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting, 3rd Edition

290 Planning and Forecasting

INTERNET LINKS

Business Plan Sites

http://www.pasware.com

http://www.brs-inc.com

http://www.jian.com

Other Useful Sites

http://www.entreworld.org

http://www.babson.edu /entrep

NOTES

1. P. Thomas, “Rewriting the Rules: A New Generation of Entrepreneurs Find
   Themselves in the Perfect Time and Place to Chart Their Own Course,”Wa l l S t r e e t
   Journal,May 22, 2000, R4.


2. Running sidebar is a visual device that is positioned down the right hand side
   of the page that periodically highlights some of the key points in the plan. Don’t
   overload the sidebar, but one or two items per page can draw attention to highlights
   that maintain reader interest.


3. Don’t confuse the executive summary included in the plan with the expanded
   executive summar y that I suggested you write as the very first step of the business
   plan process. Again, the two summaries are likely to be significantly different since
   the later summary incorporates all the deep learning that you have gained throughout
   the process.


4. J. Timmons, New Venture Creation, 5th ed. (New York: Ir win/McGraw-Hill,
   1999).


5. O. Sacirbey, “Private Companies Temper IPO Talk,” The IPO Repor ter,
   Dec. 18, 2000, 9.


6. Burn rate is how much more cash the company is expending each month than
   earning in revenue.