Bankable Business Plans
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1587991632 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Invaluable for Entrpreneuers and Students" according to Charles H. Warner. I am a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and I teach a course titled The Economics and Finance of the Media. The final project in the course is to write a business plan, and Rogoff's Bankable Business Plans is a required text in the course. It is a perfect guide for students and entrepreneuers who want to write an excellent business plan. I've looked for years for a book that would guide students through the maze of creating a good business plan, and Rogoff's book does this. It is well organized, thorough, and full of practical advice.. Bankable Business Plans--The Best There Is cherylfenton Bankable Business Plans by Edward Rogoff and Jeff Bezos is clear, concise, comprehensive, easy to read and a joy to assign to my students. Some of the material presented can be rather dull and complex (especially the financials) but Bezos and Rogoff's treatment of the subject was refreshing and even fun. Their step-by-step approach to understanding the RMA was right on the mark. Those seeking financing should feel both comfortable and confident approaching banks and investors if they have followed the techiques outlined by Rogoff and Bezos. Rogoff and Bezos are c. "You can bank on this book" according to hl2You can bank on this book This book is terrific because it directly addresses the issue that probably undermines more business plans than any other: unrealistic assumptions. After 20 years as a banker and financial advisor to growth companies, both large and small, I believe that professional equity investors judge entrepreneurs by their ideas, their ability, and the reasonableness of their assumptions. Aggressive business plan assumptions raise significant doubts in the minds of investors, who don't just want 25% IRRs but want 25% IRRs that are achievable. Rogoff wisely advises entrepren. 60. This book is terrific because it directly addresses the issue that probably undermines more business plans than any other: unrealistic assumptions. After 20 years as a banker and financial advisor to growth companies, both large and small, I believe that professional equity investors judge entrepreneurs by their ideas, their ability, and the reasonableness of their assumptions. Aggressive business plan assumptions raise significant doubts in the minds of investors, who don't just want 25% IRRs but want 25% IRRs that are achievable. Rogoff wisely advises entrepren
Bankable Business Plans is a no-nonsense approach to putting in writing what lenders and investors demand to see. Rogoff takes you to the next level by showing how style counts along with content. I believe his experiences with his own successful ventures and as a professor of entrepreneurship make him an excellent person to guide you from initial idea through the creation of an effective plan that will serve the needs of your customers and investors. Rogoff’s Bankable Business Plans tells entrepreneurs exactly how to pull together what they need before they see the people with the money. A strong business plan will not only help you locate the early funds you need, but will also clarify your thinking and serve as a starting blueprint for future growth in what is always a changing world.""Here’s the book entrepreneurs have been waiting for. Follow Rogoff’s advice and you’ll be glad you did." . "I knew Ed before I started
Bankable Business Plans is the only book on the market that demonstrates how to make each business plan uniquely suited to every endeavor. This invaluable book guides readers through a comprehensive, step-by-step process to produce a professional-quality business plan that will attract the financial backing entrepreneurs need. It is also the only book which explains how to employ the guidelines that banks, venture capital firms and the Small Business Administration use to grant loans and other financial support to businesses. Rogoff’s years of experience in both founding and improving startup and established companies, as well as teaching entrepreneurship to college graduate and undergraduate students, enables him to delineate the elements that make a business plan attractive to investors and lenders. Bankable Business Plans reveals the secret of creating a compelling and successful business plan for anyone who ever dreamed of starting or expanding an enterprise. By describing how to apply the relatively unknown, but easily available Risk Management Association data to each business concept, author Edward Rogoff provides a virtual answer key to anyone seeking financial support for a business idea. Bank
Edward Rogoff founded and served as CEO of two media companies which owned and operated 23 radio stations throughout the United States. From 1998 to 2002 he was the Director of the Lawrence N. Rogoff designed the entrepreneurship curriculum at Baruch College where he continues to teach both graduate and undergraduate students as a professor in the Zicklin School of Business at the City University of New York. and Ph.D. He received his B.A., M.B.A., M.A. from Columbia University,