Business Information for Michigan Residents: Business Plan Resources

Freely available resources to help plan your business

Business plans handbook (published from Gale)

• Full text version of this book series from Gale.

Discover Business - How to write a business plan

• Comprehensive guide to creating your plan, including important steps in the business planning process including industry analysis, competitor analysis, and product feature comparisons.

Management And Planning Series - US Small Business Administration

• Valuable resources from the Small Business Administration.

How to write a business plan from Bplans.com

• From the creators of the software Business Plan Pro, this site includes many sample business plans that can be seen as examples.

Sample Business Plans - Business Resource Software

• Also from a software vendor, this site includes many sample business plans that you can see as examples. 

Business Model Generation

• Resources from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur based on their book of the same name.
• See the Business Model Innovation Hub as well.
• Tools for Business Model Generation (talk to Sanford University students from Alexander Osterwalder)
• Borrow a copy of the Business Model Generation book via MeLCat

You can borrow books through MeLCat - the statewide shared library service:

• Keywords for business plan books
• Subject for Business planning

Business Plans Handbook (from Gale Virtual Reference Library: Business Collection)