TY - BOOK AU - Evans,Vaughan TI - The financial times essential guide to writing a business plan: how to win backing to start up or grow your business T2 - The financial times guide SN - 9781292416175 AV - HD30.28 .E83 2022 U1 - 658.4 EVA 23/eng/20220614 PY - 2022/// CY - Harlow, England, New York, NY PB - Pearson KW - Business planning KW - Proposal writing in business N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book will show you how to design, craft and shape a plan to the needs of your backer. It places great emphasis on the specific challenges faced by start-ups, has new chapters on pitching the plan and performing against plan and new appendices on alternative sources of finance, an example business plan in its entirety and what to read next. This edition also adds sections on certain issues which backers today are keen to see addressed, for example social media marketing and the influence of influencers and energy conservation"-- ER -