This book and the breakthrough that I will be describing, is going to examine the relationship between a child, a dog, and his parents and the issues that all parties go through when making the decision to get a child's first dog. I will then relate that to you, your business, and the other parties involved that are needed to get your company funded and in turn a success. While you are reading this book I want you to think of Bobby as yourself or the entrepreneur; the dog as the business that you are going to start; the parents of Bobby as the bank or investor; and the pitch that Bobby will make to his parents in order to bring the dog home as the business plan itself. By reading this book with that paradigm in mind, you will begin to understand the breakthrough in business plan development that I am aiming for and it will change the way you go into the business planning process. You will no longer need to procrastinate because the process won't be as daunting of a process as before. Instead you will understand the mindset that goes into writing one and you will be able to begin developing yours much faster and with geater focus.

It is not easy to start a successful business these days and far too many fail in the first year of trading. The problem lies largely in the lack of accessible and good information available to small business owners. Running a Business in the Pacific Region offers simple step-by-step plans for starting and maintaining a small business as it grows. It takes you through all the stages, from how to decide if it’s worth starting the business, financial planning and management, to the day-to-day running of a successful business. There is a wealth of information throughout the book for other kinds of readers as well. General management topics including; hiring employees, keeping bank accounts and avoiding scams, purchasing and using computers, business and the law, and ethics should be of interest to all kinds of managers.

"The Definitive Business Plan" delivers fast-track advice, aimed at competent business people who want to get beyond the basics and produce definitive, cogent and intelligent plans.

The Pacific Northwest is green to the extreme. Yet a day trip can go from pristine wilderness to downtown Seattle, Portland, or Vancouver. How are these commercial and cultural hot spots keeping nature and growth in balance - and what's coming next? Trace the path from forests and fish to bikes and brews as Planning the Pacific Northwest continues the APA Planners Press series on how planning shapes major American cities.

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the Union Pacific--the oldest, largest, and most successful railroad of modern times--fully up to date. The book follows the trajectory of an icon of the industrial age trying to negotiate its way in a post-railway world, plagued by setbacks such as labor disputes, aging infrastructure, government de-regulation, ill-fated mergers, and more. By 1969 the same company that a century earlier had triumphantly driven the golden spike into Promontory Summit--to immortalize the nation's first transcontinental railway--seemed a dinosaur destined for financial ruin. But as Klein shows, the Union Pacific not only survived but is once more thriving, which proves that railways remain critical to commerce and industry in America, even as passenger train travel has all but disappeared. Drawing on interviews with Union Pacific personnel past and present, Klein takes readers inside the great railroad--into its boardrooms and along its tracks--to show how the company adapted to the rapidly changing world of modern transportation. The book also offers fascinating portraits of the men who have run the railroad. The challenges they faced, and the strategies they developed to meet them, give readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of America's great companies. A capstone on a remarkable achievement, Union Pacific: The Reconfiguration will appeal to historians, business scholars, and transportation buffs alike.