Writing A Business Plan:
Hundreds of Business Proposal Examples

The best business proposal examples will help you define you goal: i.e., What do you want to accomplish?

No sample business proposal will work precisely as you want it to. Each proposition is different. Yours is different. And that is as it should be. You will not be able to simply copy an existing business proposal, change the names, and submit it. Your business plan is too unique for that.

The goal, then, is to review a number of examples of business proposals, and pick the best from each of them. Mold those "bests" into something that more nearly reflects your business proposal, and you've nailed it.

So what are you looking for?

First, what is it that is unique about your business proposal?  Are you looking for an exceptional amount of money? Is the transaction particularly complex? Is the industry very unique, or very new? Do the principals have problems in their background that you would rather not disclose?

Every single business proposal has some kind of "issue" attached to it. Look for those business proposal examples that address the issues that are important to you and see how they handle it.

The sample business proposals that you choose to review need not even be in your industry. A new type of medication has the same presentation issues as new energy sources. And any company in any industry seeking exceptional levels of funding will approach it in much the same way.

So, first address the issue in reading examples of business proposals.

Next, look for a sample business proposal in the same range of funding, or same type of funding source, that your project is seeking.

A sample business proposal looking for $10,000 in joint venture funding is not the same as sample business proposals seeking $10 million. The sophistication of the business proposal presentation will just be very different.

Where Do You Find Business Proposal Examples?

Here are some places to try:

• Your industry organization may have a file on them.
• Your library may be able to get you a book of them.
• Review some of the hundreds of business plans in the 7 Step Business Plan series, and use the best of those.

The best course of action? Do lots and lots of research. Review a number of business proposal examples, and study how to make them really great.

Then set the research aside, and write your business proposal yourself. Fill it with all the inspiration you've pulled from your research.

It will be fantastic. Honest.

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