I need a list of a few people that are absolutely spectacular at
writing a business plan and could write one for me. I have an idea, I
don't have the time, nor the type of expertise that I am seeking. I am
talking about someone that might charge me ten to twenty thousand
dollars for the business plan itself. They would tell me what type of
research they would need to be done in order for the plan to be fully
developed. I will then want to take a several people I have assembled
and try to sell it to one of the largest corporations in America. We
can obtain the appointments that we need to meet with the "right"
people. What I need is a stunning business plan. I am willing to tip
up to the full $100 for a superb answer. I started to make this a $100
question, but I need to see a superb answer before I pay a superb
price for my question.

Thanks,
Joel

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Request for Question Clarification by webadept-ga on 30 May 2003 22:09 PDT

You just want their names and emails? or what? I know a guy, who is
really great at what you are talking about and can definitely put
together the type of business plan you are looking for. He is very
experienced in raising money and has found investors for several
business types. He's the best I've run across for this type of thing,
though I know another who may be just as good.

Both will have to wait until Monday though, I won't be in my office
until then. So I'll just keep this to "what do you need?" phone
numbers, emails, what? Do they have to be in a particular part of the
world for you? I know these fit your description, is there anything
else that you may be looking for that is not in there?

webadept-ga

Greetings Joel1357:

I've performed numerous searches and discovered a plethora of business
plan writers and consulting services.  Although I found oodles of
"business plan writers" I have omitted the ones I found whose web
sites were either poorly designed and/or contained popular affiliate
links like Amazon, etc., that made them look unprofessional.  I feel
you are looking for top notch professionals so I am presenting you
what I consider those to be.

I've composed two lists.  In the first list are the firms I felt were
very professional in all aspects and the second list is comprised of 
alternates because though the presentation was not as slick in those,
the content piqued my interest.

Axle Ventures
http://www.axleventures.com/
http://www.axleventures.com/services.html
http://www.axleventures.com/case_studies_business_plan_consulting.html
http://www.axleventures.com/map.html
CONTACT:
Axle Ventures
4 Trowbridge Place Suite 1A
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-491-6563
mailto:contact@axleventures.com


MBA Plans
http://mbaplans.com/
http://mbaplans.com/services.html
http://mbaplans.com/about_us.html
CONTACTS:
MBA Plans East
149 Cleveland Avenue
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
201-288-2770
mailto:east@mbaplans.com

MBAPlans West
11329 Otsego No. 7
North Hollywood, CA  91601
800-980-5339
mailto:west@mbaplans.com

MBAPlans Midwest	
2111 W. Waveland Avenue	
Chicago, IL  60618
773-220-2468
mailto:midwest@mbaplans.com


BizPlanIt
http://www.bizplanit.com/
http://www.bizplanit.com/consulting/startup.html
http://www.bizplanit.com/consulting/startup/custom_plan.html
http://www.bizplanit.com/consulting/growth/custom_plan.html
CONTACT:
BizPlanIt
7702 E Doubletree Ranch Rd, Suite 300
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
phone  480.970.6161 
mailto:biz@bizplanit.com


Tack Point group
http://www.tackpointgroup.com/businessplans.html
http://www.tackpointgroup.com/client.html
http://www.tackpointgroup.com/serviceproviders.html
CONTACT:
see form at http://www.tackpointgroup.com/contact.html
Phone: 773-575-5970
mailto:mark@tackpointgroup.com


MasterPlanz
http://www.masterplanz.com/ourservice.html
http://www.masterplanz.com/aboutus.html
http://www.masterplanz.com/faq.html
CONTACT:
MasterPlanz
220-C NW Oregon Avenue
Bend, OR  97701
541-318-7361
mailto:info@masterplanz.com


HJ Ventures
http://www.hjventures.com/bpc.html
http://www.hjventures.com/aboutus.html
CONTACT:
877-334-4780
mailto:howie@HJVentures.com


Rebecca Lynn Eisenberg, Esq [if your idea is Internet oriented]
Independent Consultant 
Internet business strategy execution & advice 10/95-present
See also in her resume' "chemisTree CEO and president, 5/99 - 8/99 -
Design, devise, write and execute business strategy for e-commerce
consumer-market Internet start-up (in hybernation due to market
conditions): executed all CEO duties, including writing business plan
and executive summary, recruiting team and advisors, and presenting
business plan before venture capitalists and other potential
investors."
http://www.omino.com/~dom/resumenew.html
CONTACT:
mailto:mars@bossanova.com
mailto:mars@well.com 

*****************

ALTERNATES

IP Consultants
http://www.ibpconsultants.com/business_plans.htm
http://www.ibpconsultants.com/business_development.htm
CONTACT:
IP Consultants
2368 Naples Avenue
Upland, CA 91784
909-982-8222
mailto:info@IBPconsultants.com


Credit Sunrise
http://www.creditsunrise.com/custom_plan.htm
CONTACT:
67 Darlington Cres.
Brampton, ON  L6T 2Z1
Canada
416-417-2570
800-475-5582
mailto:info@creditsunrise.com

*************

I also phoned a gentleman by the name of Stever Robbins and left a
message for him to contact me.  Mr. Robbins has an MBA from Harvard
Business School and his bio/resume is located at
http://leadershipdecisionworks.com/bio/ - it is noted there:

"One aspect of Stever’s work is the transfer of entrepreneurial
qualities—nimbleness, market responsiveness, creativity, and intrinsic
motivation—to larger companies. Over the last two decades, he has been
involved with several startups and is currently an investor, advisor,
or coach to several startup companies, including RenalTech,
Experience, Interfolio, Touch Technologies, and PRIMESource. Stever is
also involved with several entrepreneurial events:

*Judge, Harvard Business School business plan competition 
*Mentor, MIT’s $50K business plan competition 
*Judge, Brown University’s business plan competition"

I feel Mr. Robbins is a top-notch source for either composing your
business plan or steering you to some excellent writers/consultants. 
I will post the information from him when he returns my call.  For
your records, his contact information is:

Leadership Decision Works
ATTN: Stever Robbins
P.O. Box 400158
N. Cambridge, MA 02140-0002
888-214-4170 or 617-354-1446
mailto:info@leadershipdecisionworks.com 

***************

Should you require any clarification of the links or information I
have provided, please request it and I will be happy to respond.  I'll
also be happy to conduct additional searches should you find anything
lacking with the firms I have provided.


SEARCH STRATEGY:

"business plan" executive consultant
"business plan" advice
custom "business plan"
business plan writing consultant resume

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Request for Answer Clarification by joel1357-ga on 31 May 2003 13:11 PDT

I started looking through the answer you provided and the links
following each, and at first I was dissapointed because all I was
seeing were companies. I do not want companies because I do not want a
group of people to know about this idea. Then I ran across Rebecca
Lynn Eisenberg and Stever Robbins and was delighted. These two
individuals are exactly what I'm looking for. As I stated in my
question I am looking for a few of these "people". I wish I had been
more clear in my thoughts and stated that I was not interested in
companies where several people would be involved, but nonetheless I
did say people. I am going to go ahead an give a tip, to show you that
I was serious about my willingness to tip up to the full amount but I
need you to find me 2 or 3 more people like those listed above. Thank
You for the completeness of your answer, and I look forward to the
others that you find.

Joel

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 31 May 2003 13:41 PDT

Thank you for your clarification and my apologies for not reading
"people" as "individuals" - you are gracious to allow me to continue
searching in that vein.  I'll resume my research and post the
additional names as I locate them.

Also, thank you for the rating, comments and your incredible
generosity!
Yowza!  :)

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 31 May 2003 15:42 PDT

Greetings again.  :)  I tweaked my keywords a bit and are more for you
to choose from:

Roger S. Cohen
211 Wanamaker Lane
Upper Nyack, New York  10960 
IN NEW JERSEY
48 Bi-State Plaza, #243
Old Tappan, New Jersey  07675
Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936
Fax:   +1 (845) 358-8937
mailto:roger@rogercohen.com
http://www.rogercohen.com/resume.shtml
[He has a company where there may be other employees but he seems to
be presenting himself as an independent consultant.]

John V. McCoy
1442A Walnut Street #306 
Berkeley, California 94709 
Telephone: (510) 528-1110 
CELLULAR: (510) 418-3152 
mailto:jvmccoy@earthlink.net 
http://www.busplan.com/resume.html

Eric Beach Randall
614 Reno St.
Iowa City, IA 52245
(319) 688-0123
mailto:eric@beachworks.com
http://www.beachworks.com/resume.html

Sherry Miller
133L Seminary Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-389-9691
mailto:sherry@sherryart.com
http://www.sherryart.com/sherry/SherryMillerResume.html

Fred Nickols 
701 Highland Hills Drive 
Howard, OH 43028
[no phone # given]
http://home.att.net/~nickols/resume.htm
mailto:nickols@att.net 

GEORGE S. BROWN 
17150 Foxcross Drive
Monument, CO 80132 
719-481-6220
mailto:geob727@aol.com
http://www.aspstreet.com/job/rs.taf/r,3801
[This web site has advertising but it seems to be a collective of
professionals so I'm including it.]

Christina L. Shea 
(949) 387-2104 (V) 
(949) 262-0916 (F) 
mailto:Christina@ChristinaShea.com
http://www.christinashea.com/Shea_Resume_2001.pdf.

Erin Jansen
NetLingo Inc. 
P.O. Box 627-6
Ojai, CA. 93024
805-640-3754
http://sistergoldenhair.com/cv.html
mailto:erin@netlingo.com

Daniel James
San Francisco, CA
[phone available by email request]
mailto:d@djames.org
http://djames.org/resume.html

John Leighton Beezer
Phone: 206-352-9894 
mailto:beezer@nwlink.com
http://adhostnt.adhost.com/beezer/resume/

Jeffrey Scott Barr
4610 191st Place NE
Redmond, WA 98074
425-868-4919 
mailto:jeff@vertexdev.com
http://www.vertexdev.com/~jeff/resume.html


I listed more than you requested because it may be that some of the
resumes are dated.  This way, you have a decent amount of candidates
from which to choose.  Should you require more clarification, please
request it and I will be happy to respond.  Also, if you need me to
provide you with additional leads, I'll be happy to comply with
further requests.


SEARCH STRATEGY:

"business plan" consultant resume

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Request for Answer Clarification by joel1357-ga on 31 May 2003 16:14 PDT

Ok..I couldn't resist..since your so excited about the tip, maybe you
feel like finding more than 2 or 3 to help me make sure I find THE
right person for my needs. :)

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 01 Jun 2003 00:06 PDT

Mais oui.  :)  I'll resume my searches on the morrow.

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 02 Jun 2003 08:15 PDT

Good morning, Joel!  I just finished speaking with Stever Robbins who
was gracious enough to return my call regarding his recommendations. 
I explained to him that you were looking for individuals as opposed to
firms and that you were concerned with confidentiality on your
project.  He was able to offer contact information for two BP writers
he has worked with and finds very capable.  I searched each name for a
web presence and located only Figueroa's web site:

Raine Figueroa
671-547-0835
raine@protostarstrategies.com
http://www.protostarstrategies.com/
"Figueroa graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1984 and
received her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1991.  Prior to
founding ProtoStar Strategies, Figueroa headed the U.S. office of HK
Catalyst, an Israeli-based merchant bank specializing in high-tech
financing and strategy consulting. At HK Catalyst, Figueroa worked
closely with client and portfolio companies to assess market
opportunities, formulate strategy, and forge strategic partnerships.
She also performed investment and M&A due diligence for companies and
private investors; worked with companies to identify and develop
funding sources; wrote business plans; and generated financial
projections. She worked with a broad spectrum of Israeli and U.S. high
tech companies ranging from telecommunications to medical devices,
with a strong focus on Internet-related technologies and services."
Her presents her as an individual consultant.


Stacey Kovach
617-828-1818


Should you require futher clarification, please request it. :)

Best regards,
journalist-ga

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 03 Jun 2003 09:52 PDT

Dear Joel:

I hope that from among the candidate names I've provided, one or more
will be able to meet your needs.  Please keep me informed regarding
your success in locating the right individual.  Should you want me to
continue searching, just post you request in the Comments or
Clarification space and I'll be alerted.  :)

I am confident that when journalist-ga completes my clarification that
I will have the four or five type of people that I am looking for.