Andy Bangs, Jr. began working with small-business owners when he completed college and graduate school, and
became a commercial loan officer for the Bank of America. This gave me invaluable experience, he says. I've been
on both sides of the lending desk. Before founding Upstart Publishing Company, Inc. in 1977, he managed the Exeter
Business Information Center, a pilot program sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He also taught courses
in logic and philosophy of science at the University of New Hampshire. I began Upstart to provide clear, accessible
management tools to small business owners and the people who work with small business owners, Bangs explains. As
developer of Upstart's product lines, he wrote the Business Planning Guide (more than 500,000 copies sold, now
in its eighth edition), the Market Planning Guide (in its fifth edition), the Startup Guide (in its third edition),
the Cash Flow Control Guide , the Restaurant Planning Guide (with Peter Rainsford) and six other small business
management books. In 1991 Bangs sold Upstart to Dearborn Financial Publishing in Chicago so he could concentrate
on writing and working with educators and small business owners. Among his recent books are Launching Your Home
Based Business, a management guide for home-based business owners published by Dearborn in 1997, and Work at Home
Wisdom, published in 1998, both with Andi Axman. Bangs lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with his wife Lacey
and their elderly black Labrador Thud.
Summary
Forbes named David Bangs' The Business Planning Guide its favorite, most useful small business book. It's back
and brand new! In this new edition small business owners can ramp up their technical savvy on the business planning
front, complete with information on using the Internet as a business planning tool and an Internet resource guide.
The forms and jargon-free explanations, along with sample business plans, make this the must-have tool for both
novice and experienced entrepreneurs.
