P.S. I just threw the business plan and marketing plan online.
http://www.alexkrupp.com/biz_plan.pdf
http://www.alexkrupp.com/marketing_plan.pdf
They actually won a couple of business plan competitions, so they're not completely terrible if you want an example. Plus maybe someone will get a good idea or two.
I also have a provisional patent on the above designs plus some new business methods relating to advertising that is going to expire in a few months... *sigh*
I've never seen or heard anything about a business plan competition, but they seem like amazingly bankrupt ideas. It sounds to me like they're a bunch of middle-aged employees of big companies or universities who have never started a business telling you what's a good business plan. But I *highly* doubt that the winners of business plan competitions correlate at all with successful businesses (as you yourself are an example). For that reason, it seems like they'd be the exclusive domain of PHBs, or at least the administration of them would be.
http://www.alexkrupp.com/biz_plan.pdf
http://www.alexkrupp.com/marketing_plan.pdf
They actually won a couple of business plan competitions, so they're not completely terrible if you want an example. Plus maybe someone will get a good idea or two.
I also have a provisional patent on the above designs plus some new business methods relating to advertising that is going to expire in a few months... *sigh*