SAMPLE PLANS

The Credit Process:

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has written a comprehensive document entitled The Credit Process: A Guide for Small Business Owners with sections on what lenders expect to see in a business plan. [http://www.ny.frb.org/education/addpub/credit.html]

You can also consider the advice in the online book: How to Prepare and Present a Successful Funding Request.
[http://www.businessfinance.com/Business-Plan.htm]

Sample Plans:

A variety of business plans and marketing plans are available on the Internet. Here are some sites to visit:

• * Business Plans Handbook (Gale)
  [http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/]
• Creating an Effective Business Plan (American Express)
  [http://www133.americanexpress.com/osbn/tool/biz_plan/index.asp]
• Developing a Successful Business Plan (BizMove.com)
  [http://www.bizmove.com/small-business/business-plan.htm]
• Developing a Winning Business Plan (NJ SBDC)
  [http://njsbdc.com/businessplan/bizplan.php]
• Elements of Your Business Plan (New Jersey State Government)
  [http://www.state.nj.us/njbusiness/start/bizbasics/planning/ebp.shtml]
• Essential Elements of a Good Business Plan for Growing Companies (U.S. SBA)
  [http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/SERV_ESSENTIAL.html]
• Sample Business Plan Components (CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)
  [http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp]
• * Free Sample Business Plans (bplans.com)
  [http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm]
• Sample Marketing Plans (mplans.com)
  [http://www.mplans.com/sample_marketing_plans]

Rutgers Research Guide:

The Financing Your Business Guide will lead you to forty other sources of information, both online and in print, including the multi-volume set of Business Plans Handbook with sample plans for a variety of retail and service businesses (CAMDEN RESERVE, DANA REF, KILMER REF HD 62.7 .B865).