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Reader Reviews: 
I hadn't
purchased this book because I thought it was a joke...
"I
had seen this book around but hadn't purchased because I didn't think
a one-page business
plan, even if possible, could be of any practical
use. I have been involved in several successful startups and have done
a fair bit of business planning. I had even won prestigious awards
for it. Currently
I am involved in another startup, Worldlingo.com, an internet startup
focused on language translation.
So what changed my mind - why did I purchase it? I saw the author speak and he made a lot of sense, so I thought I had better get his book and check it out once and for all. If half of what he said was right - this one page business plan was going to be a big help.
It so happened I had a long 14 hour flight in front of me and took the book along to read. Its friendly style, graphics, and plain good sense (frankly the book is more like a kids coloring book then a traditional business planning book) enticed me to do the exercises as I went (which I never usually do). Answering the questions for my business and me. Not only had I finished the book by the end of the flight, but I also had time to type up the final product on my laptop. I guess having already done a full blown traditional business plan for the business helped.
I have to say I was feeling pretty pleased with what I had produced. I felt more focused and had a much clearer picture of what the most important things were that needed to be achieved next. But the most thrilling part was when I tabled it our staff meeting - they loved it. They could clearly see where we were heading, what we had to achieve, and it gave them a clear framework in which they could make the many decisions they have to make everyday.
I think the one page
business plan is a great management tool that will have a very positive
effect on our business. I am already seeing the
benefits. I
guess the joke was on me!"
Phil Scanlan
Fremont,
CA
Simple, Simple, Simple!
"Can you
think of anything more overwhelming to a potential or new business owner
than the thought of putting all that
down on paper? Jim Horan has created an easy to understand and enjoyable
--- yes, I said enjoyable ---book that will assist you as you create
that solid foundation for your business. Once you have completed "The
One Page Business Plan" you have in your hand, the basis of your
brochure or web page or networking and marketing plan. What more can
a New Business Owner ask for?"
Maria Marsala
Poulsbo, WA
My
Dream Business!
“I’ve had a number of business plans, but none of them were effective.
Having all the essentials of our
plan on one page helped get me and my partners on track!”
Norman Kurtin
Design Media, Inc.
A
No-Nonsense Approach...
“The
friendly visual graphics, and the no-nonsense approach to business
planning got me over my reluctance to write a business plan. This process
got me to think out of the box and now I have a great plan and it’s working.”
Kendall Moalem
Kendall Moalem Design
They
Applauded my One Page Business Plan!
“My
board of advisors applauded my one page business plan. They finally
understood my business
and are contributing important advice because they have a written plan
to review.”
Nicole Lazzaro, President
XEODesign, Inc.
Business Owner's "Cliff Notes"
“The One Page Business Plan is the business owner’s Cliff Notes.”
Fred DaMert, Chairman
DaMert Company
A Fresh Approach
“This is an
innovative, fresh approach to business planning. If all loan applicants
would provide us with clear, concise summaries of their business plan,
a banker’s life would be a lot easier.”
Jim Ryan, Chairman
Bank of Walnut Creek, California
Serious, Committed and Professional
“As a banker, I love The One Page Business Plan. I know the potential business
owner is serious,
committed and professional. This is truly a breakthrough in business planning!”
Jerry Ricketts, Vice President
Scotts Valley Bank
Better
Chance for Success...
“The One Page Business Plan truly helps the prospective entrepreneur or
existing business owner get focused and clear on one page. When they are clear
on one page, they have a much better chance
for success!”
Greg Garrett, Program Manager
One Stop Capital Shop, Oakland, CA
Women
in Business Edition
Reader Reviews:
From $1 to $10 million in less than 5 years... with One Page Business Plans!
Practical, fun, and inspiring! Meeting Jim Horan and doing The One Page
Business Plan at a SBA
workshop in 2000 was absolutely invaluable to me as an entrepreneur and
business owner. The
return on investment of that $35 was incredible! I used the One Page
principles consistently while building my business, an organic beauty
company that went from $1M to $10M in less than 5 years. Every year,
my partner
and each of my managers created One Page Plans for the New Year. They
kept us focused, energized, motivated. I am certain the discipline required
by writing and implementing our One Page Business Plans helped keep us
on track to build the business I always dreamed of! Building a business
is hard work! One Page Business Plans will focus your efforts! This is
the planning tool for anyone serious about building a business!
Christin Powell
Founder & CEO, Juice Beauty 2000-2007
From $13, 000 to $250,000
My first year as
a rookie financial advisor was tough, I made only $13,000. Last year
I made
$250,000 and I mostly attribute it to having a OPBP for the last
three years. After creating my
plan, particularly my Mission Statement I stopped cold calling and
started focusing on my LGBT
community which was the reason I came into this industry. I love my
One Page Plan!
Cheryl Rebottaro
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Clear
and Well Understood
We have over 200
sales people from Group VP to front line managers with One Page
Business
Plans. This process caused executives and peers to inspire and
challenge one another and to collaboratively craft the best possible
plans. What
emerged were clear, well understood and, most importantly, aligned
plans and commitments. This is a powerful process I highly recommend!
Nuge Ajouz
VP Sales Consultants, Oracle Corporation
Love
the Visuals...
The One Page Plan helped our management team obtain the results we
need to succeed in this tenuous
business environment. Starting with a clearly defined vision, supported
by specific objectives, to
the creation of strategies and action plans to make it happen, the
Plan provides a clear path to focus
our efforts off the trivial many to the vital few. The various graphs
available (I love the visuals!) are an
added advantage to track our progress and hold us accountable along
the way!
Gwen Gallagher
President, Old Republic Home Protection
User
Friendly
I recommend The One Page Business Plan® to anyone wanting to free
themselves from the fear and terror of writing a business plan. This
book is totally user-friendly, highly effi cient, and best of all fun.
Jan St. John
Founder of 21st Century Radio Productions
Highly Recommended
The One Page Business Plan helped our sales team and the entire manager team stay strategic and
on track even through the days of fire-fighting. I highly recommend The One Page Business Plan.
PJ Anderson
CEO, OP Contract
San Francisco Herman Miller franchisee
Non-Profit Edition
Reader Reviews:
Now
Helping Even More Kids...
"We must run our organization like a well-run business, or we
do not get
to
serve
all
of the children we want to serve! The One Page Business Plan has helped
us align our Board, management team, paid staff and volunteers! We are
now truly focused on what is important… helping
kids!"
Gary L. Montrezza, Executive Director
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa
Clara County
Clarity
About Vision
"The One Page Business Plan has been a tremendous tool for our 300+
member spiritual community.
This process brought our spiritual community clarity about our vision,
enhanced the Board and Ministry
Leadership’s ability to articulate the vision to others, helped
our individual ministries’ awareness of how
their plan relates to the community plan...and has helped us have quicker
recoveries from breakdowns
because as a community we now have a common focus and purpose."
Reverend Richard Mantei
Unity In Marin
Better Organized
Managers
"Our One Page Plan has helped turn some ‘social justice good-hearted
souls’ into better organized
managers."
H. Dennis Smith, Executive Director/CEO
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Saved
our Agency!
"Our One Page Plan saved our agency! We were in deep financial trouble,
our accountants had lost control of our books and our government
contracts were not paying on time. We created a very clear, concise
plan using The One Page Business Plan that resulted in discipline
and structure that got us back on track!"
Dan Macallair, Executive Director
Center on Juvenile & Criminal
Justice, San Francisco, CA
Simple
and Straightforward
"I’ve never seen a better way to deploy an organization’s
purpose and plans than with this brilliant, simple, straightforward
approach to planning."
Frank Tiedemann, CEO
Children’s Hospital & Research Center
Oakland
Simple,
Clear and Actionable!
"Jim Horan is a master at creating a model and simplifying a
vocabulary for those in the nonprofit and
social venture and entrepreneurship professions that captures
the competitive dynamics of our time.
Boards, executives, and managers are all pressed for time.
Plans need to be simple, clear and actionable! One Page Plans
are just that!"
Peter H. Hackbert, Ph.D.
Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership,
University of Illinois
More Like a Business
"Non profits need to operate more like for-profit businesses.
Too often NGOs put off business planning due to staff
capacity and difficulty in identifying measurable objectives. The
One Page Business Plan for Non- Profits more clearly links objectives
to mission with a method that is straightforward, takes less staff
time and gets people working on the right things!"
Lyn Ciocca McCaleb, Board Chair
The Coral Reef Alliance
Minimize
Costly Missteps
"With very tight budgets, even small mistakes can spell
disaster for a fledgling nonprofit. I knew I needed
a road map to minimize costly missteps, but did not have the time
or
resources to develop an exhaustive strategic plan. The One Page Plan
is simple and straightforward; I used it to carefully and thoughtfully
launch my non-profit. To date my plan has proven its worth multiple
times
over! The One Page Business Plan is an exceedingly valuable tool
for any non-profit."
Tracy O. Tamura, Executive Director, Kidsteem™
Consultant's
Edition Reader Reviews:
Wasting Less Time
"I had been writing
the same goals and visions for my business over and over. What I wrote
in March, I wrote in June, and again in September.
After I heard Jim speak, I wrote my one page plan. I now choose my opportunities
more wisely and waste less time because I have my plan in place."
Linda Pollock, Professional Organizer
As
a Consultant, I Now Have a One Page Plan
"The One Page Business Plan truly helps the prospective entrepreneur
or existing business owner get
focused and clear on one page. When they are clear on one page, they
have a much better chance for
success! As a consultant, I now have a One Page Plan, and I am much more
focused and clear."
Greg Garrett, Consultant, One Stop Capital
Shop
It De-mystifies
Business Planning
"The One Page Business Plan is the business plan for independent professionals.
It de-mystifies business planning so that the average business
professional can actually write a business plan that makes sense!"
Rebecca Salome, Entrepreneurial Authors
Helping me
Build my Practice
"Jim’s presentation on The One Page Business Plan was absolutely
enlightening! I finally realized that as a therapist, I am an
entrepreneur and a business owner. I now have a business plan that is
helping me build my practice."
Mia Salaverry, MFCC
Within
a Couple of Hours, I Had my First Draft
"I quickly glanced at The One Page Business Plan format and knew
it was what I was looking for. Within a couple of hours, I
had my first draft. Now I have a business plan that I really understand."
Norman Meshriy, Career Insights
Author of “Outside the Cubicle”
The One Page
Business Plan Makes Planning Doable!
"I’ve written the long business plans more than once and
they sat gathering dust. They were too involved
to help me stay on track. The One Page Business Plan makes
planning doable, flexible, and usable."
Elaine Groen R.D., Nutrition Source
User-friendly,
Highly Efficient, and Best of All Fun
"I recommend The One Page Business Plan to anyone wanting
to free themselves from the fear and terror of writing
a business plan. Jim’s book is totally user-friendly,
highly efficient, and best of all fun."
Jan St. John, Founder of 21st Century Radio Productions
Financial
Services
Edition Reader Reviews:
Use
a One Page Business Plan!
"Know
your vision! Be clear about what your practice will look like and
be precise
about who you want to serve. Know your critical numbers… the
numbers that will make your practice successful. And be
extraordinarily clear about why these numbers are important to you.
If you can measure it, you can manage it! And when your values are clear,
decisions are easy.Use a One Page Business Plan!"
Edward Deutschlander, CLU, CLF
Executive Vice President, North Star Resource Group
President, GAMA International 2007 - 2008
Get
Focused and Stay Focused...
"You
cannot run a financial practice by the seat of your pants… get
focused and stay focused. Have a One Page Business Plan and a
system. Execute it consistently!"
Herman Dixon, CLU, CLF, LTCP, MBA
State Farm Agency Field Executive, Charleston, VA
This
Book is Critical...
"Most advisors don’t understand they are not a salesman; they
are the business owner. They need to
treat their book of business as a business, even if they are an employee.
It is absolutely critical they
have a One Page Business Plan that defines their target customer.
It
is a rare occasion when I am wowed by a product or service enough to
mention it for your consideration. This, however, is one of them..."
Jeff Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, GAMA International
Washington, DC
A Great Tool...
"It’s easy for a stockbroker to get wrapped up in the market and lose
perspective that you are in business for yourself. In order to be successful
for the long run, one must have a plan and The One Page Business Plan is a great
tool."
Ralph Miljanich, Sr. Financial Advisor/Consultant
Vice President, Morgan Stanley, Inc.
Highly
Endorse One Page Business Plans
"The
One Page Business Plan process is like none other I have experienced.
Our leadership team participated, with each one designing their own
plan with his/her best thinking. I highly
endorse One Page Business Plans."
Bob Fashano CLU, CHFS, MSFS
General Agent-The Guardian, Master Agency
Simplifies the Process...
"As
an organizational tool, I believe it simplifies the process of condensing
an agent's
thoughts into a useful plan. For me, I was able to include just what
was most important and leave out the fluff. If you are a numbers
or bottom line thinker, this is what you will prefer for your plan!"
Kirk George, State Farm Insurance
WHAT OTHERS
SAY
ABOUT THESE BOOKS:
"The
One Page Business Plan is an easy-to-use process that helps you capture
your
vision
and
translate it into concrete results. Jim has truly streamlined
a tiresome, complicated chore. With a return to simple values, simple
truths, planning can be fun and creative. A little chicken soup for busy
minds
and tired souls..."
Tim Clauss, Co-Author of Chicken Soup for the
Soul at Work
"The One Page Business
Plan is an out and out winner. Period. It makes great sense to me as
a so-called business thinker. But the acid test was
applying it to a start-up I co-founded. We spent several days drafting
our one pager -- and have been editing it ever since. It is a powerful,
living document, the very nature of which has led us to important new insights.
One Page Business Plan = the proverbial better mousetrap!"
Tom
Peters, Author, Thriving on Chaos and Co-Author of In Search of Excellence
"We have updated our
business plan thanks to Tamara Monosoff, author of Secrets of Millionaire
Moms. She swears by the One Page Business Plan model
designed by Jim Horan."
Polly Brewster, Assistant Editor,
O, The
Oprah Magazine