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Business Plan or BUST!: A Comprehensive Tutorial For Starting And Growing Your Business

by Dan Boudreau

386 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); contains tables and charts; catalogue #06-1039; ISBN 1-4120-9285-X; US$38.00, C$38.00, EUR25.96, £19.62

Business Plan or BUST! is more than a business planning handbook, it is a complete reference guide and tutorial for anyone wishing to start or grow a business.

About the Book

Business Plan or BUST! is more than a business planning handbook, it is a complete reference guide and tutorial for anyone wishing to start or grow a business. One way to gather business wisdom is to learn from your own mistakes, another way is to learn from the mistakes of others. In today’s business environment, you don’t have the luxury of enough time to make all the mistakes yourself. Used as a reference, this book offers over 400 pages of helpful information and time-saving tips.

About the Author

Dan Boudreau is the owner, President and CEO for the business: Involved in small business development since 1980, as owner, coach, trainer and consultant.

Worked in community economic development for 15 years.

Served ten years on Finance and Lending Committee for a $5 million loan fund for entrepreneurs.

Manages a $15 million fund that provides grants for economic development projects.

Nominated twice as Entrepreneur of the Year – 1997 and 1999.

Provides Business Planning and Train the Trainer workshops for entrepreneurs.

Published Dream Catcher Business Planning Toolkit and Scratchpad (since 1995).

Published Business on a Shoe String e-zine – 1999 to 2003.

Please visit the author's website at www.riskbuster.com

Excerpts

Reviews

"This is a very down-to-earth, easy-to-read, "practical" handbook that will reward you richly - far beyond the price you pay. The handbook is worth its weight in gold. In fact, for real entrepreneurs, it's worth even more. There are many books on business plans and planning - but this one stands out on many counts as our reviewers discovered. The first reviewer is a consultant who has been involved with big businesses from the very beginning of his career - advising billion dollar corporations, raising capital, etc. The second reviewer is a senior professional adviser - a consultant to the consultants."

"Dan...shares with full generosity his 25 years of actual business experience, knowledge and time tested outcomes. He shatters the dry, boring, academic image most people might have about business plans; thus making business plans accessible to anyone who is serious about starting a business or those who wish to take their existing businesses to higher levels."

Reviewed by ETAOnlineReview.org.uk (ETA Friends From Industry)

The full review can be read at the reviewer's website at http://www.exam-ta.ac.uk/business_plan.htm

"Business Plan or Bust! is a terrific tool for would-be entrepreneurs considering starting their first small business. It addresses the needs of intelligent, diligent people who have specialized expertise but little systematic planning experience. This book and its ancillary tools primarily target Canadians and Americans who are considering launching small service-industry businesses. Focused but lively, complete but comprehensible, Business Plan or Bust! is exactly the right prescription for people with a great concept and little idea of how to proceed. An excellent value."

To view the full review visit:
www.forewordmagazine.com/clarion/viewreviews.aspx?reviewID=393.