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Steps to Growth Capital Resources

Self-Study Guide

Investor Readiness Test

Fast Track to Growth Capital
Steps to Growth Capital: The Canadian entrepreneurs' guide to securing risk capital
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Self Study Guide
Step 5 - Build an Investment Proposal

Here are some Web sites and publications that you might find useful.


Web Sites

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Courting Capital: Preparing a Winning Investment Proposal
http://www.smallbizinfocenter.com/expertcolumn.asp?ID=6
Article by Gregory Phipps, Investment Manager at BDC Venture Capital.

Sample Business Plan
http://www.cbsc.org/osbw/session4/sample.csm
Sample that can be used as a reference or guide when preparing your business plan.

Write a Winning Business Plan
http://www.mergerexchange.com/venture.htm
Presents information about key elements in a business plan.


Publications

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Business Plan
Andersen, Arthur
Enterprise Group, 1995

Entreprenuer's Guide to Preparing a Winning Business Plan & Raising Venture Capital
Schilit, Keith W.
Prentice-Hall, 1994

How to Prepare and Present a Business Plan
Joseph R. Mancuso
Prentice-Hall, 1983

Le plan d'affaires : suivez le guide! (In French Only)
Doucet, Carole, Paquin, Gilles, and Poirier, Claire
Centre de développement d'entreprises, 1996

Raising Capital: How to Write a Financing Proposal
Flanagan, Lawrence
Publishing Services, Inc., 1994

Réalisez votre plan d'affaires (In French Only)
Dorion, Charles
Québécor, 1998

The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies
Abrams, Rhonda M. and Kleiner, Eugene
Running R Media, 1999

Un plan d'affaire gagnant (In French Only)
Delle'Aniello, P.
Éditions Transcontinentales (Montréal), 1994

Venture Capital Handbook
Gladstone, David
Prentice Hall, 1988



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