# School me on business plans... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952 "2010-02-04T15:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psngrseatsr4boys/32/3078_2.png) [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/1 "2010-02-04T15:15:56Z")
I’m a sociology major at Canisius and needed one more class so I took an intro to entrepreneurship class. I know absolutely nothing about business management. I need to basically make a small business plan and write it up as if I were to start it tomorrow. I have an idea and some stuff off this site: [http://www.nyssbdc.org/](http://www.nyssbdc.org/) But is there anything else I need to know from first hand experience? I need to write about advertising, relationships with vendors, customers etc. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/2 "2010-02-04T15:19:52Z")
its a PITA to do a full business plan. go to your library, I can almost guarantee they have atleast one book on how to write one. GCC had 5+ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/3 "2010-02-04T15:28:26Z")
Its actually pretty easy to do, just time consuming. Just pick something specific, and have a specific market for it, and go. Throw in some shit about being a ‘green’ company too- people eat that shit up today. ---
**Author:** ![PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psngrseatsr4boys/32/3078_2.png) [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/4 "2010-02-04T16:00:50Z")
I need to know about current incentives for small businesses too, Anyone have a good place to look? I’m googling everything at this point but I’ll hit the books this weekend! ---
**Author:** ![lsvtechatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@lsvtechatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lsvtechatch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/5 "2010-02-05T00:32:24Z")
Dr. Kim is the shit, but have fun with that class. She likes things perfect. EDIT: ask any senior who is an entrepreneurship major, we had to take an entire class on how to write one. btw…its no fun and very time consuming. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/6 "2010-02-05T06:09:29Z")
I’ve done a business plan for a real business I started. It took hundreds of hours to do, and I didn’t even need it for a loan. X… ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-business-plans/78952/7 "2010-02-05T12:02:13Z")
be very specific, use as many facts as possible and show how they run out and what the effect will be. Be ready to spend some time doing it.