Now used by the University of Kentucky entrepreneurship program, University of Pepperdine, and other colleges and high schools across the US, including graduate programs. See why people are using the revolutionary new way to plan a business outlined in this book, and why they get better results. HOW THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT AND DELIVERS RESULTS Other business planner books teach business planning with cumbersome templates which cause people to get confused and quit, or write ineffective business plans. STEP 1: This book starts with only a 3-sentence business plan, which helps you identify your core business strategies. STEP 2: After you create your own 3-sentence business plan, you will be guided on how to expand it to a 1-page business plan. STEP 3: After you have a 1-page business plan, you will learn how to expand it into a full and professional business plan. THE BOOK HAS BEEN UPDATED EVERY YEAR SINCE PUBLICATION The latest edition takes you beyond just writing a business plan. Planning is necessary, but over-planning or planning without starting your business leads to failure. That’s why the latest edition of this book gives you skills to become a stronger entrepreneur, launch your business, and succeed once your business is up and running. BENEFITS OF THIS APPROACH Write a higher-quality business plan Identify the most effective strategies for your business Complete your business plan faster Avoid confusion and frustration EXPERIENCED AND AUTHORITATIVE AUTHOR Anyone can claim to be a business expert, but the knowledge in this book comes from the author, Alex Genadinik, who Coached over 1,000 entrepreneurs Created top business planning apps Taught tens of thousands of people in his business planning courses Guest-lectured at numerous universities Built multiple successful businesses while being an independent entrepreneur just like you WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS THIS BOOK FOR? Traditional Local services like restaurant, gym, coffee shop, store or boutique, residential home or office cleaning, home repair, and many other types of local businesses. Online Freelancing service, eCommerce, affiliate, self-branded business, innovative start-up, or a one-person solopreneur business. INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE AND FREEDOM Imagine how great your life will be if you are the owner of a successful business, provide for your family, live comfortably, and avoid daily 9-5 stress. Take this step to starting your business, achieve financial independence, and gain the freedom you desire. STRUCTURED AS A BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATE One of the chapters in this book is structured as a business plan template with examples for what to write in every section of the business plan. It is meant for you to write your business plan as you read the book. By the end of that chapter, you will have a professional business plan.
Surprisingly bad. So often, these business plan books are written by individuals who betray their own lack of business insight.
Would have liked to see a sales funnel or marketing plan in here. A pro forma, 3 statement model. A fund-raising plan. Really, every part of the business plan should come back to the 3 statement model somehow. Ultimately, that is what determines the value of your equity.
This book missed a chance to be a workbook that guided someone through the process of writing an amazing plan.
Have you ever been ready to begin something and realized you didn't know where to begin? You don't even know what questions to ask because there are too many in your own thoughts and too little knowledge to actually know what you need to ask. This book in just the first few chapters answered so many questions and opened up a whole new world for me without being long winded or preachy. The facts are here and are simply guiding you step by step. This book is a pleasure to read and I would recommend it to everyone thinking about starting any business. You don't need to be afraid. Well done Mr. Genadinik.
A short, concise and actionable book to create your first business plan if you absolutely have no idea what you are doing. The reading is light and conceps of business planning are well explained. The book leads you to create your plan gradually from a short three sentence plan to a comprehensive plan. The author apparently knows what he is doing when it comes to creating businesses and motivating people, in which he has extensive experience from coaching and founding his own businessses. Well structured, based on examples and actionable advice, will cenrtainly help you to transform your idea to a business and to develop the idea properly.
Whether you are embarking on your own business/entrepreneurship or working for a business organisation, this is a very good book with simple and clear guidance on how to write a good business plan. The author discusses on the importance of having a business plan and how to come up with a good business plan with helpful examples.
I enjoyed Alex’s book and found it to be a good, concise overview to Business Planning. I just wish he had free Microsoft Office or Google Doc templates to leverage. Maybe his web site does offer those and I will check it out, but there’s no reference to them existing in this book that I remember.
The content in this book has allowed me to understand the fundamental components in a simple to understand manner. I highly recommend this book to all who are new to creating business plans.
I found that this book was able to help me write a decent sized business plan. I am not proposing to anyone, but I wanted to utilize the concept to give form and direction to an idea I have been entertaining. The true testimony of this review will be if this business idea succeeds in real life execution. When it came to writing the different parts of a business plan, it would have been a 5-Star book if the author gave free resources to help answer or fill-in certain areas of the book (eg. to find out where you can look for demographic information on your particular business idea). Nevertheless, I would still recommend this book.
This is a pretty solid little book on writing business plans for those just starting thinking up or starting up their businesses. Written in an easily understood template format, it’s slightly lightweight but my guess is that most people just starting out don’t need anything more complex than this. Why muddy the waters unnecessarily? This answers most basic questions and really has all you need to get going. Recommended.
This is EXACTLY what I needed to get comfortable with the idea of putting my business dreams onto paper and then actually effectively communicate my ideas to others. The ideas were swirling about in my mind and I couldn't figure out how to express them - until this book appeared. Ridiculously easy read with no BS as filler.
This book was well-written and very easy for a new business owner or entrepreneur to understand. Highly recommend for those looking to start their own business and need guidelines.