"Gumpert successfully captures a significant shift in the way leading entrepreneurs are launching companies and attracting investors."
John R. Thorne, Morgenthaler Professor of Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon University

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Here's what experts are saying about  "How to Really Create a Successful Business Plan (4th edition)"

"Gumpert knows business plans! He has captured the success factors in the start-up and operating plans of some of America's best-known companies. This is know-how every entrepreneur will want to have."
- Jeffry A. Timmons, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College

"This book got me $1 million! No joke...I got funded (and in this down market, too) and the comment I heard over and over from the venture capitalists I spoke to was: 'Great business plan.'"
- Laurel Touby, founder MediaBistro.com

"The best business plan book ever...This book got us $120,000 in startup capital and, four-and-a-half years later, a company worth $3 million." Chip McIntosh, founder FrogNet
- Chip McIntosh, founder FrogNet