Winston, I found a lot of help in creating a business plan at the US Small Business Administration website. It had a step-by-step guide. I don't know whether you can access it from Canada, but if so it's free and will certainly get you started. If Linda can't recommend a piece of software, I know of one that I haven't used myself but know comes highly recommended by people I know personally. Trouble is, I can't think of the name or how you can find it off the top of my head for this post. But I know how to dig it up if you want it. Let me know. Cheri

Linda, After reading the replies to this and seeing your follow up, I guess I'll stick my 2-cents in. When I first read your question, my thought was that a resolution and a goal are very similar, however New Year's resolutions have become the symbol of broken promises to oneself. Then I saw the definitions you gave, and the next thought came. As a student of the Law of Attraction, I've learned that words are very powerful. One wants to select the one with the proper nuance, and also to think through the implications of the selected word. I've learned to use "intention" rather than "resolution". Therefore, it's easy to see the difference. If I have an intention to reach a goal, I have decided to go from point A to point B. The actions I take along the way, as everyone has stated, determine whether I will in fact reach my destination. My goal for the past several years has been to completely free my husband from the corporate world by replacing his income with other income, preferably passive. This year we will be adding real estate investments to the mix of businesses I have interest in, and expect that to put us over the top. Before he will consent to quit his job, he wants to see me increase my income by $5000 per month at least 3 months in a row, and we'd both like to see $30,000 in liquid savings for backup. Cheri

Hi Cheri and Happy New Year! -------------------------------------------- I found a lot of help in creating a business plan at the US Small Business Administration website. It had a step-by-step guide. I don't know whether you can access it from Canada, but if so it's free and will certainly get you started. --------------------------------------------- I'll go have a look at the US SBA site and see what they have there. I've been looking at a few things on the Canadian governments website as well. Perhaps between the two sites I can come up with something. Thanks!

Hi: -------------------------------------------- I found a lot of help in creating a business plan at the US Small Business Administration website. It had a step-by-step guide. I don't know whether you can access it from Canada, but if so it's free and will certainly get you started. --------------------------------------------- I'll go have a look at the US SBA site and see what they have there. I've been looking at a few things on the Canadian governments website as well. Perhaps between the two sites I can come up with something. Just fyi, I've created a web version of a business plan. The reason I did that is that a traditional plan does not address many of the aspects of market analysis and planning that a website owner needs to address. I've found that when website owners fill in a traditional business plan, they gloss right over many of the aspects that make the difference between success and failure online. The plan is part of my 'treasure map' that I've mentioned. I'll be posting a "wanted" post looking for a test group very shortly, so keep an eye out for it. : ) Linda

-------------------------------------------- I've found that when website owners fill in a traditional business plan, they gloss right over many of the aspects that make the difference between success and failure online. --------------------------------------------- Thanks Linda. That was an area that concerned me because I have dealt with Business Plans in the past to a small degree but they dealt mostly with offline traditional businesses. The bottom line to me in their validity (for lack of better words) was, without prior knowledge of running a successful online business "how would one know what information was missing". Obviously one can't answer that question unless one knows that it needs to exist in the first place. As for your "test" group. Ooh! Ooh! Mrs Kotter! Pick Me! Pick Me! LOL