Research Guides: Entrepreneurship: Examples & Templates

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Business plan & model examples

Business Plans Handbook
Regular compilations of actual business plans, developed by small businesses throughout North America. [eBook]
Business Model Pioneers
14 case studies of business model pioneers and their companies, who have successfully introduced new business ideas to the market. [eBook]

Bplans
Bplans contains a large online collection of free sample business plans, as well as helpful tools and guides for building your business plan. Bplans is owned and operated by Palo Alto Software, Inc.

Companies are not required to disclose all of the specific details of their business plan(s) or model(s).
The closest equivalent information for publicly traded companies is "Item 1: Business" from their 10-K annual SEC filing.

Business plan templates

U.S. Small Business Administration: Write your business plan
Learn about the format of traditional and lean startup business plans, view example plans, and create an account to utilize the “Business Plan Tool,” a step-by-step guide that allows you to save your plan online and download it as a PDF file.
SCORE: Business plan template for a startup business
Step-by-step business plan template covering the following sections: Executive Summary, Company Description, Products and Services, Marketing Plan, Operational Plan, Management and Organization, Startup Expenses and Capitalization, Financial Plan, and Appendices.