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Part 1: Business Plan - Executive Summary

As we examine each component of a business plan, we begin with the Executive Summary. Although it's the part of a business plan that most people read first, it is the last part that should be written. Watch as Reporter Abby Johnson details what content should be in the executive summary and how it should be included, only in the SmallBusinessNewz video.

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Small Business Owners Work the Hardest! ...Report Indicates 1 comment \| Friday, September 5th	NFIB Endorses Heap Of Politicians GOP wins in six states Friday, September 5th
Business Plan Part 1: Executive Summary It's not as hard as you may think. Thursday, September 4th	Email Archiving Ignored Too Often Important info at risk 1 comment \| Thursday, September 4th
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Ad Targeting is Great. Just Don't Be Insulting. Remember, you're selling to real people. 6 comments \| Wednesday, September 3rd	What's Needed in a Business Plan? We're breaking down each component. 2 comments \| Tuesday, September 2nd
FPB Addresses Issue Of Late Payments Lots of small businesses affected Tuesday, September 2nd	Real Life Business Lessons from Labor Day Weekend Our Quest for a New Bed Tuesday, September 2nd
FSB Announces Keep Trade Local Photography Tour A "see what small business could do" approach 1 comment \| Friday, August 29th	Small Business Marketing Unleashed Again Conference Goes to Columbus 1 comment \| Thursday, August 28th

Thursday, August 28th \| 2 comments Toll-Free Numbers Work For Some Small Businesses Accessibility and image issues Management, Marketing...	Wednesday, August 27th \| 9 comments Want to Boost Your Readership? Get off to the right start... Marketing, eBusiness, online business...
Wednesday, August 27th \| 9 comments Tips On Corporate Blogging From Matt Cutts If it's good enough for Google . . . Marketing, blogs...	Tuesday, August 26th \| 2 comments Befriending the Customer Let them get to know you... customers...
Tuesday, August 26th \| 1 comment Small Business Optimism Rises Three cheers (or at least one) for the economy Management, Discover Small Business Watch, Optimism...	Monday, August 25th Sandy Baruah Becomes Acting SBA Administrator Encounters criticism over contract issue Small Business Administration, Sandy Baruah...
Friday, August 22nd \| 10 comments Website Content Tips Keep it simple and make a call to action Management, Marketing, eCommerce...	Thursday, August 21st \| 2 comments Study: A Focus On Family May Boost Business Get that brand identity edge Management, Marketing...
Thursday, August 21st \| 2 comments Big Businesses Can Now More Easily Pretend to be Small ...and get in on small business contracts. Legal, American Small Business League, government...	Wednesday, August 20th Credit Cards Being Used Instead Of Banks Revolving balances, too Management, Money...
Wednesday, August 20th \| 6 comments Don't Look Past Your Local Internet Audience They might be your best customers... Marketing, eBusiness, online business...	Tuesday, August 19th \| 1 comment Retirement Rush May Pose Problem Baby boomers reaching that age . . . Management, employees, Retirement...
Tuesday, August 19th VCs Trying to Pay for Legislation? Naturally, the ASBL is there to point it out... Money, Legal, venture capital...	Monday, August 18th \| 1 comment Fraud A Big Problem For Small Businesses ACFE tip: ratchet up internal controls Management, Money, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners...

Monday, August 18th Where Does Security Fall Into Your Budget? Hopefull it's there somewhere... Technology, IT, customers...	Friday, August 15th \| 1 comment Taking The Measure Of Success Brace yourselves: it's not all about money Management, Money, Success...
Friday, August 15th \| 6 comments Do You Want to Start a Brand War? Do you have enough fire power? Marketing, Branding, advertising...	Friday, August 15th \| 4 comments Study: Consumers Nervous About Online Small Biz Security assurances necessary Management, eCommerce, Security...
Thursday, August 14th \| 1 comment Small Business Optimism Drops More Blame credit conditions, inflation Management, NFIB, Optimism Index...	Thursday, August 14th \| 1 comment Immediacy Key To Web, Real Life Customer Relations Relationship building no different in real or virtual places Marketing, Technology, Customer Relations...
Thursday, August 14th \| 5 comments Problem and Solution Marketing Be the solution part. Marketing, customers...	Wednesday, August 13th \| 3 comments Tiny Businesses Becoming More Common Going solo profitable in some cases Management, employees, Census Bureau...
Wednesday, August 13th Yes, Ask For The Money Set expectations about payment for services up front Money, Legal, Payment...	Wednesday, August 13th \| 11 comments 7 Steps to Earning Customer Trust Online Nobody said it was going to be easy... Marketing, design, Branding...
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