Every entrepreneur is encouraged to write a business plan; those who don't quickly learn that future operations can be derailed without a cohesive printed mission and that obtaining outside funding is nearly impossible without one. This chapter discusses the managerial purposes of a business plan and describes the key points that potential investors look for. This chapter is excerpted from Harvard Business Essentials: Entrepreneur's Toolkit.
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Harvard Business School. (2004). Writing a Business Plan: The Basics. In Entrepreneur’s Toolkit: Tools and Techniques to Launch and Grow Your Business (p. 43). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
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