Part of the free resources from Chris Guillebeau's The $100 Startup, the One-Page Business Plan (PDF) proves you don't need a 65-page business plan to get your business started.

A business plan is a document that details a company's goals and how it plans to achieve them. Business plans are valuable to both startup and established companies.

Creating a business plan is a key part of starting any business venture. Even if you’ll never use it in this format for attracting investors and raising capital, it can be vital for helping all ...

“The reality is that you don’t have to write a business plan anymore,” says entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki, author of numerous bestsellers, including The Art of the Start 2.0.

An excellent business plan is organized in a logical, thoughtful way that makes it easy to move from your assumptions to your justifications. The more organized your document, the easier it is to ...

This 3-part series is intended to illuminate what goes into developing a superior business plan-one worth funding. I hope that you enjoyed Part I of the series last week.