PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kevin Hindle
AU  - Brent Mainprize
TI  - A Systematic Approach to Writing and Rating Entrepreneurial Business Plans
AID  - 10.3905/jpe.2006.635424
DP  - 2006 May 31
TA  - The Journal of Private Equity
PG  - 7--22
VI  - 9
IP  - 3
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/9/3/7.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/9/3/7.full
AB  - This investigation is part of a series of studies in the field of venture capital deal screening. At issue is the use of theory-based standards for the systematic creation and assessment of entrepreneurial business plans. A synthesis of research-based principles contained in the literature culminated in the formal articulation and operationalization of 10 principles in the form of a questionnaire, titled the Entrepreneurial Business Plan Assessment Regime (EBRAR). The EBRAR can serve as a guide for both writing and rating entrepreneurial business plans. Discussion focuses on the utility of assessment, as well as future research directions.TOPICS: Private equity, performance measurement, quantitative methods, portfolio theory