from the United States Small Business Administration
Abstracts prepared by Hugh Fisher

A detailed description provided by the United States government, offering some helpful questions and strategies for small business owners who want to create a detailed and professional business plan.

The business plan is a document that will act as a resume for your company, describing what your business does, how it works in the marketplace, and providing an array of factual data such as financial statements, loan information, estimated profits and expenses, and tax forms and other company documentation. Once written, the business plan is used as an aid in company management and planning. It is also a good communication tool as it allows others access to your most vital statistics in a single well-organized and professional document. A business plan may be required in order to apply for corporate loans and to attract investors or qualified employees. With the sample outline and formatting suggestions available in this guide, any company owner compose his or her own business plan and take advantage of its usefulness.

http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html