Online Resources
University of Colorado
The University of Colorado has an excellent site for business plan writing. Templates and sample plans are included. For more information visit http://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/moyes/bplan/.
MootCorp Plans
MootCorp is a premier venture competition for University of Texas at Austin MBA students. They have excellent sample business plans on file at http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html.
Small Business Canada
Small Business Canada has a variety of online resources that are helpful to entrepreneurs. For more information visit Small Business Canada.
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/
Business Plan Advice
A retired investment consultant created a useful website that provides links, samples and plenty of good advice at http://www.business-plan-help.com/.
Bplans.com
A bank of sample plans may be found at http://www.bplans.com/sp/Businessplans.cfm.
U.S. Small Business Association
The US Small Business Association is a governmental agency that is dedicated to promoting economic growth through small businesses. They have helpful advice for startups at their website: http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/startup/basics.html.
Startup Journal
The Wall Street Journal has made a website just for entrepreneurs. For more information visit http://www.startupjournal.com/.
Service Corps of Retired Executives
SCORE is a group of retired executives, business persons, and entrepreneurs who will sit down with you to look over your business plan or give your free advice. Contact the Chapel Hill SCORE at (919) 967-7075 for more information on this great resource.
