- Getting Started
- Step 1: Choosing a Business and Product line
- Step 2: Finding the Right Location
- Step 3: Funding the Business/Sales Planning
- Step 4: Preparing a Business Resume and Personal Financial Statement
- Step 5: Profit and Loss Plan
- Step 6: Merchandising Your Store
- Step 7: Marketing Plan
- Step 8: Personnel and Sales Management Plan
- Step 9: Visual Merchandising and Store Layout
- Step 10: Capital Spending Plan and Cash Flow Forecast
- Step 11: Financial Documents for Evaluation and Tax Preparation
- Step 12: Pulling It All Together
- Managing Your Success
- Basic research and information provided for each chapter and a comprehensive list of Internet and research sources to help the student or entrepreneur complete the simulation
- Simulation assignments to guide students step-by-step through the creation of a business plan and pull together the content as well as the format of a well-conceived business plan.
- CD-ROM with templates of all forms printed in the text
- Instructor's Guide will show examples of forms accurately filled out, provide teaching assignments, and include sample exams