Welcome to the Online Business Plan. This program allows you to work through a business plan prepared by students.
WHY
The purpose here is to give you an opportunity to look at a pretty good business
plan and to hear what the experts have to say about it. In this program you
will hear what VC's, Bankers, Angels and Entrepreneurs have to say about each
section of the plan. In some cases you'll hear different opinions on sections.
The Online Business Plan gives you a real understanding of goes through the
minds of these different "real world" experts when they sit down with
a stack of business plans and have to read them all an make decisions on whether
you get your money... or not.
Click to meet the experts. Find out who they are and what they do in their everyday lives.
VC -
What
This an interactive html guided tutorial. The comments prepared here are the
comments of Cornell Universities Bruce F Failing Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship,
Dr. Deborah H. Streeter. She has enlisted the help of various business people
to aid in the commentary here in.
How
The follow web pages are set up just like the business plan... formating was
kept as was all content. The comments from Prof Streeter are highlighted in
blue and the comments from the experts are highlighted in red to the right of
the original text. At any time click on the comment button to hear or read the
comments of the expert. When you are finished with the page click the "next
page" button. Buttons for "previous" are there for you to back
up or to help you refer to comment being made about a previous page. If you
wish to skip to a particular section you can use the "table of contents"
button at the bottom of the page or you can use the popup under the "next
page" button to take you to a segment heading.
Now if you're ready to hear, see and understand the mind of funding professionals click the "lets get started" button.