Rating: Summary: Very helpful Review: I know that many people when it comes down to sitting down and doing a business plan it just is a long drawn out process. Well this book changed all that....my husband and I sat down yesterday morning and by that evening at 5:00 we had our plan completed. We are still awaiting some input on a few trusted business associates, but it feels good to be able to have this process completed and we can move toward accomplishing our goals.
Rating: Summary: I would rate this as an A+++ Review: I know that many people when it comes down to sitting down and doing a business plan it just is a long drawn out process. Well this book changed all that....my husband and I sat down yesterday morning and by that evening at 5:00 we had our plan completed. We are still awaiting some input on a few trusted business associates, but it feels good to be able to have this process completed and we can move toward accomplishing our goals.
Rating: Summary: Great business planning tool for stockbrokers!!! Review: It's easy for a stockbroker to get wrapped up in the market and lose the perspective that you are in business for yourself. In order to be successful for the long run, one must have a plan and The One Page Business Plan is a great tool. This book really help me pull together my business plan quickly.Ralph Miljanich, Vice President, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
Rating: Summary: Incredible business planning tool! Highly recommend it!! Review: The friendly visual graphics, and the no nonsense approach to business planning got me over my reluctance to write a business plan. This process got me to think out of the box and to create my dream business! Now I have a great plan and it's working." Kendall Moalem, Kendall Moalem Design
Rating: Summary: The Best book for practical B-plan in your organization Review: There are books on how to design business plan, and there are books. Sure, you can have a thick book, that will take weeks to read and understand. But if you have a need to not only understand the essense of a business plan, but the essense of your business, your vision, your goals - this is the book for you! Don't miss it! Ronen Ben-Naphtali, NY
Rating: Summary: Very good for what it does Review: This book excels at cutting to the chase and getting the important ideas down. First the positives. Simplifies the potentially daunting task of getting something on paper without all the complexity. The book also does a good job of entertaining the reader. The negatives. This book does not cover the financial aspects of a business plan. There is little guidance when it comes to the numbers. The plan you produce using this book might need a beefing up if you need substantial amounts of capital. Overall the plans you could make using this book could be quite useful to you. Some of the uses include: Complete plan for a smaller enterprise, executive summary to keep everyone working toward a common goal, outline for a larger plan, concept piece to get people excited. Possibly all a smaller enterprise needs. Great start for a larger business. One of my better purchases.
Rating: Summary: Just as it promises.... Review: This is the one time when thinking "inside the box" is a good thing! When it comes to a business plan, you can lose your mind writing page after page after page after page of endless nonsense. Having the directive to focus and get it all on one page when armed with successful instructions is priceless.
Rating: Summary: Start With A Written Business Vision, Build A Business Review: Very practical introduction to keywords like Business Vision, Business Mission, Business Objectives, Business Strategies, and Business Plans. Allows startup business persons to begin to articulate their message of providing needed goods and services to their customers easily - essenced to one page. Think, imagine, fill in the creative blanks and create a good, simple one page Business Plan which is exactly what the title claims is the desired end result from reading this short workbook.
Rating: Summary: Great first step to planning Review: We've just finished a semester using this book with undergrads (at Marquette), in conjunction with Bulger's The Enlightened Entrepreneur. Both are full of questions to answer; this one also has a nice protocol for going from answers to the plan. In one page, obviously you only set a broad direction, but that's vital. I added sections on Customers, Competitors, Capabilities, Channels, Commitments, and Capital to get closer to a full plan. Overall, it worked extremely well, and business clients who've used it also found it works well.
Rating: Summary: Great first step to planning Review: We've just finished a semester using this book with undergrads (at Marquette), in conjunction with Bulger's The Enlightened Entrepreneur. Both are full of questions to answer; this one also has a nice protocol for going from answers to the plan. In one page, obviously you only set a broad direction, but that's vital. I added sections on Customers, Competitors, Capabilities, Channels, Commitments, and Capital to get closer to a full plan. Overall, it worked extremely well, and business clients who've used it also found it works well.
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