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Hurdle: The Book on Business Planning [Paperback]

Timothy J. Berry (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1, 2000

A practical, step-by-step guide to developing a business plan,
written by a leading expert, this book puts the emphasis on real business plans
that focus on concrete and measurable results. Covers all the basics including
what to include in a plan, where to find information, and an excellent simple
guide to business numbers that stands out for its explanation of cash flow.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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written by a leading expert, this book puts the emphasis on real business plans
that focus on concrete and measurable results. Covers all the basics including
what to include in a plan, where to find information, and an excellent simple
guide to business numbers that stands out for its explanation of cash flow.

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"Everybody in business should have this book. You're not going to find a simpler, better, or easier to follow book..." -- Jim Blasingame,The Small Business Advocate, 10/7/98

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This book is written by the author of award-winning Business
Plan Pro and Business Plan Toolkit software. Buy the book and get your money
Back with a $20 discount on the software. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Palo Alto Software Inc (November 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0966489144
ISBN-13: 978-0966489149
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Join me at timberry.com or on my blogs "Planning Startups Stories" (http://timberry.bplans.com) and "Up and Running." (http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com) I am president and founder of Palo Alto Software and principal author of its Business Plan Pro software for developing business plans. I also founded bplans.com and was a cofounder of Borland International, which was founded in 1983 and went public in 1986. Before creating my own company, I was a planner for Business International and Creative Strategies, and a consultant in business planning to Apple Computers. My books authored show up here in the search for Tim Berry and/or Timothy Berry. I'm the Tim Berry who writes about business planning.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A practical, easy-to-put-into-action business plan resource, June 7, 1999

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This is the most pragmatic, easy to understand, and easy to follow book for creating a business plan I have found yet. "Hurdle" is designed for those that want to benefit from what a business plan can offer their business. The chapter "About Business Numbers" is the best I have read to understand the numbers behind a business and how they relate to the business plan. A quick read, a great resource, and a sound business investment. After reading "Hurdle", I wouldn't plan without it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book on BP I have ever read, January 17, 2002

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This was a very easy and clear read. The best book on business planning that I have ever read. It's refreshing to know that you don't need a MBA to read and write a clear business plan. Great examples and figures throughout.

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better ones, August 22, 2007

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I needed to write a business plan for a service organization. Since it was back in 1988 when I wrote my last one, I bought six books on the subject. One was absolutely useless, two were written by people who had obviously never operated a company, which suggests to be careful when buying books on the subject. One was ok, one reasonably good, and Berry's was the best of all of them, though not perfect. At least it caused me to think like an investor who reads the plan before giving his money to people who he doesn't know from Adam.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on business planning so far.
Hurdle is a fairly comprehensive book on business planning. So far it is the best I have found.

Reading the Hurdle book can help you to make sense of all the details... Read more

Published 5 months ago by David E. McClendon

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"The value of a (business) plan is the decisions it influences..."
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Published on February 7, 2009 by Steven J. Roy

4.0 out of 5 stars Why couldn't this business plan book have talked at least a little about how to research and write a marketing plan?

This book was pretty good. It is currently in its 5th edition, and acts as a marketing tool for the author's software called Business Plans Pro. Read more

Published on January 10, 2008 by Jeff Lippincott

5.0 out of 5 stars A step-by-step guide to create a thorough, concrete plan
PLANNING FOR SUCCESS

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Published on January 3, 2008 by Martin C. Mongiello

5.0 out of 5 stars pick your plan
I like the book, because it contains necessary metirials for keeping kontrol on the figures

Published on February 9, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars pick your plan
I like the book, because it contains necessary metirials for keeping kontrol on the figures

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5.0 out of 5 stars a very suficient book for starting business
I like the book, because it contains necessary metirials for keeping kontrol on the figures

Published on February 9, 1999

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About 10 years ago, I was having lunch with Professor James March, a business school professor whose class I'd enjoyed a few years earlier, as a grad student. Read the first page

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Business Plan Pro, Pick Your Plan, The Mini-Plan, United States, Forecast Your Sales, Palo Alto Software, Small Business Administration, Finish the Financials, Total Capital, Describe Your Company, Capital Paid-In, John Smith, Net Present Value, Hardware Store, Total Unit Sales, World Wide Web, Getting Financed, Industry Analysis, Inventory Other, Taxes Incurred, Total Operating Expenses, Unit Prices Systems, Long-term Interest Rate, Table Help

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