The 'Business Plan Guides' tab of our 'Business Cases, Plans and Finance' guide includes a video tutorial that demonstrates how to find real business plans. Here is a quick outline of what you will see in that video:
- Use the Advanced Google search page (http://www.google.ca/advanced_search)
- Type business plan in the 'exact word or phrase' field
- Type the kind of business or industry you want a plan for in the 'all these words' field. (Be imaginative, try several approaches, do not get too attached to a single idea. There are many business plans on the web, but maybe not one to match your specific idea.)
- Select PDF in the document type menu at the bottom of the page. (You could also try .doc or .docx.)
For example:
