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.

Business Plans Handbooks are collections of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure and compose their own business plans, this Handbook presents sample plans taken from businesses in the Pet Services industry -- only the company names and addresses have been changed. Typical business plans include type of business; statement of purpose; executive summary; business/industry description; market; product and production; management/personnel; and, financial specifics.

Your business plan will be written, whether you put fingers to a keyboard or ink to paper. Your plan can be written by fate with every decision made in real time, where the odds of making the right one approach the probability of a coin toss;, or it can be the product of deliberate choices made after discovery, research and contemplation. The choice is up to you.Written in three parts, Killer Business Plan first takes you through the ways you can get into business, the traits of successful entrepreneurs and provides tips for how to choose and visualize your business.Next, it explains the various business structures available to you, gives you a grounding in the basics of non-profits and grants and provides financial models for quick assessment of your business idea.Finally, Killer Business Plan builds you plan progressively. The book has a companion website where you can find How To Videos, White Papers, Templates, Examples, Financial Models and Sample Business Plans.

A good business plan is both a statement of where you're going and how you will get there. This book provides a step-by-step process for developing and writing a dynamic business plan that will serve you, your business, and your financial backers.

The COMPLETE DO-IT-YOURSELF GUIDE to BUSINESS PLANS Do-It-Yourself Business Plan? Yes you can! This comprehensive Guide provides all the tools, tips and techniques you need, including Real-life case studies, Sample Business Plans and Financial Templates. In the Guide you will learn valuable insights from Uncle Ralphs thirty years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive and consultant to entrepreneurs. Learn what to say and what not to say in your Business Plan. How to present it to different sources of financing. How to test feasibility and calculate your break-even sales. Learn how to evaluate whether you have what it takes before you start. And learn how to Avoid the Seven Biggest Mistakes that most entrepreneurs make. It will be easier to prepare your Business Plan and it will deliver better results.

One woman’s touching memoir of love, marriage, death, grief, and what follows comes next for her. Claire and Jim were friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies for twenty-seven years. In order to get health insurance, they finally married, calling their anniversary the “It Means Absolutely Nothing” day. Then Jim was diagnosed with cancer. With ever-decreasing odds of survival, punctuated by arcs of false hope, Jim’s deteriorating health altered their well-established independence as they became caregiver and patient, sharing intimacy as close as their own breaths. A year and a half into their marriage, Jim died from lung/brain cancer. Sustained by good dogs and gardening through the two years of madness that followed, Claire soldiered through home repairs, career disaster, genealogy quests, and “dating for seniors” trying to build a better life on the debris of her old one. Leave the Dogs at Home maps and plays with the stages of grief. Delightfully confessional, it challenges persistent, yet outdated, societal norms about relationships, and finds relief in whimsy, pop culture, and renewed spirituality. “Claire Arbogast rewrites the stages of grief in this raw, sometimes unsettling, always compelling memoir that takes us backward and forward in time from the moment her intense, complicated husband is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Leave the Dogs at Home challenges the conventional wisdom about love, marriage, loss, survival, and grace in ways that are bound to make you think about your own life.” —Barbara Shoup, author of Looking for Jack Kerouac “Arbogast delivers a raw and honest narrative of her life as a lover, a widow, and a woman. . . . The theme of death and life, both literally and figuratively, are navigated with such emotion, it seems natural to empathize with the author in sadness, joy, love, and uncertainty as her longtime companion (later husband) Jim combats cancer. . . . An excellent choice for those touched by grief, ready for a change, or just wanting to read a beautifully written memoir.” —Library Journal