Research Guides: MBAB 5P23: Entrepreneurship: Business Plans

Sample Business Plans

The following sources contain sample business plans for different types of small businesses:

Business Plans Handbook Series This 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.
Bplans.com - sample plans

Examples from MBA Students & Business Plan Competitions:

Business Plan for Caregaroo (Kiana Mohseni, Simon Fraser University)
MBA student project (Simon Fraser University)
Business Plan for Launching a Luxury Adventure Tour Operator Based in Canada
Greg Hung and Nikolai Khlystov (Simon Fraser University MOT MBA, 2011)
University of Texas Austin, Venture Labs Investment Competition, Business Plans
Contains executive summaries and selected full text business plans from competitions held at the University of Texas Austin from 1999 to 2016.

Kinesiology and Health Care Business Plans

You can find additional examples by searching in Omni for Subject contains Business Plans AND any field contains (kinesiology OR "health care") and limiting the results by Resource Type to Theses and Dissertations. These plans are available in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database.

Long Beach Mobile Fitness, LLC: A Business Plan
Prepared by Matthew Vico, Master of Science in Health Care Administration, California State University, Long Beach
Business Plan for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Rural Minnesota
Prepared by Rick Borchardt, Master of Business Administration, The College of St. Scholastica
Business plans in physiotherapy:a practical guide for the non specialist
Physical therapy reviews, 2011-06-01, Vol.16 (3), p.210-227
The sample business plan for Physio Kids (a hypothetical new paediatric physiotherapy clinic service) is presented in the Appendix
Using Business Plan Development as a Capstone Project for MPH Programs in Canada: Validation Through the Student Perspective
Journal of Community Health, 2013, 38(5), 791-798. Describes elements of the business plan as applicable to public health practitioners.

Writing Business Plans

The following sources provide guidance on writing business plans and may also include a sample plan or template.

Writing a Business Plan: An Example for a Small Premium Winery (Cornell University) (PDF)
A detailed example business plan, with good examples of how to incorporate in-text citations in the industry and competitor analysis sections, and a reference list.
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An Extension Bulletin prepared by Mark E. Pisoni and Gerald B. White, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.
Business Plan Guide (Government of Canada)
The business plan and executive summary (MaRS)
Write your business plan (U.S. Small Business Administration)
Planning for success: your guide to preparing a business and marketing plan