Stephen Said:

Is there a good guide to writing a business proposal?

We Answered:

Awhs....how nice...you wanna start on your own...a small business, huh? Well....as you probably expect, things are not that easy but I think you gotta pay attention and get informed in the field to be successful. By no means are you to be afraid of making the steps you are about to make.
In what this business proposal is regarded, I recommend you read this article amnd added reference to see other business proposal samples. Good luck!

http://www.dari-bazaar.com/wp/58/busines…

Howard Said:

Business proposal writing software?

We Answered:

Business Plan Pro is probably the best known commodity business plan writing assistance software and it's far cheaper than $1000.

See: http://www.paloalto.com/ps/bp/ for more information.

I'd caution you against writing a completely cookie cutter business plan without first looking at some good guidelines first. Try here:

http://www133.americanexpress.com/osbn/t…

I wrote a plan years ago using these same guidelines - yes this AMEX site has been around for a long time - and had savvy SBA bankers tell me it was quite good and that they probably would have funded me if I had been willing to put a personal guarantee behind the business I was trying to get funded at the time.