Business Plans

Case Competitions

Submit your Business Plan to the 2014 QEC competition

Deadline is Nov. ? 2013

Rules and guidelines

News

Tel Aviv was ranked as the world's #2 region for start-up activity according to a worldwide study released by Startup Genome and Telefonica Digital of more than 50,000 entrepreneurs. Key findings included Access to Capital, Role of Angels, Show me the Money, and Smaller Markets. Silicon Valley ranked #1, and following Tel Aviv were Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York.

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Podcasts

Yale School of Management Podcasts - scroll down and listen to "How to Write a Business Plan" by Professor Maureen Burke.

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MOOT CORP® Competition (UT at Austin)
See the full text of business plans submitted for this competition.
Business Plans Basics
Numerous resources from U of CA- Berkeley Business Plan Competition. Includes videos from practitioners and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs as well as examples of business plans & more.
Business Plan Outline
Excellent outline with brief description of sections; handy outline to keep close at hand while creating your plan.
Business Plans & Much More
Technology Ventures Corporation helps start-up companies that are developing technology from national laboratories. Check their Resource Page for information on business plans, VC Funding, Human Resource issues, legal resources and more.
Writing a Business Plan (U.S. Small Business Administration)
An excellent guide that walks you through and analyzes each section of the plan; particularly good for putting together financials
SCORE Business Plans
SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small business start, grow and succeed. Check this site for business plans for non-profits, start-ups, finance templates and more.
Entrepreneur.com Business Plans
Start-up Essentials/Business Plans
Inc.
Great section by section, step by step description; supplemented by articles from Inc. magazine.
Bplans
Does a good job of walking you through all the sections of a business plan; site includes examples of business plans, market plans, and mission statements, many for free.
Businesstown.com - Creating a Business Plan
Good overview of all the sections of the plan; includes copy of a completed plan.
Business Plan Samples
Stanford University Resoures
Listen to videos from an entrepreneurship conference - understand what VC is looking for in a plan.

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Deloitte & Touche Business Plan

Writing an Effective Business Plan

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Entrepreneur TV Show

Dragon's Den
One of Professor Hershatter's favorite shows! Broadcast on the BBC, Dragons' Den features five multi-millionaire Dragons looking to invest in Britain's business hopefuls. Check the online version with all the drama - watch all the pitches & determine if you would invest in them.
Shark Tank
It's tough for someone with a dream to get a loan for a risky venture. There are some great ideas out there—ideas that will likely die an early death because no one dared take a financial chance on an unknown person with an unproven and possibly outrageous proposal. Enter the Sharks of Shark Tank—5 multi-millionaires who succeeded in their own entrepreneurial dreams. Entrepreneurs will be asked to give up a % of their companies' equity to the Sharks in order to get the investment they need.

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