A guide to conducting research for your new venture plan assignment. Covers finding business ideas, company & industry research, markets, financials, sample business plans, and APA style help.
The following sources contain sample business plans for different types of small businesses:
Business Plans Handbook SeriesThis source is a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America. The Library has online access to the most recent volumes (v.50, 2021 - v.11, 2006) via the Gale eBooks database. The most recent volume has a cumulative index of all plans by plan type. You may also search within the full text of all online business plans in this series.
An Extension Bulletin prepared by Mark E. Pisoni and Gerald B. White, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.