Whether you are considering a new business venture, rethinking an existing one, or planning to finance an expanding business, you need to document your long-term goals and know how to prepare and present your plans. Preparing a Successful Business Plan will help you create an effective strategy for selling your ideas to investors. Recognizing that a business plan constitutes much more than a written document, this book will enable you to lay the groundwork for a dynamic process of planning, reviewing, and updating your business agenda. By completing the worksheets contained in this book, you will set the foundation of your internal planning process for years to come. As future decisions and expansion plans become complex, you will find this basic framework will endure, and the concepts you outline now will keep you on the course of success.