Business Plans For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

Authors' Acknowledgements

I would like to thank everyone at Wiley Publishing for the opportunity to write this book – as well as their help, encouragement, feedback, and tireless work to make this all happen.

– Colin

First we would like to express our gratitude to Peter Jaret for the many hours he spent reading, editing, asking questions, and making suggestions. His insights were always on the mark, and the book reflects his own immense talents as a writer. We would also like to thank Rick Oliver for his care in reviewing the book, and for all his astute comments and advice. His continued enthusiasm for the book is gratifying and greatly appreciated.

Special thanks go out to three of our editors. To Barb Terry for starting us out on the right track. And to Tere Drenth and Colleen Rainsberger for keeping us on course and on schedule. While we didn't always show it at the time, we really appreciate all their energy and hard work.

We are grateful our publisher for giving us the chance to write the book in the first place, and for allowing us the extra time to make it as good as it is.

We would also like to thank the talented staff at our publisher for taking care of all the important details. To Kathy Simpson for copy editing and Donna Love for assisting with several chapters. To Joyce Pepple and Heather Dismore for dealing with all the permissions. And to Ann Miller for seeing that the bills got paid.

Paul would also like to thank his family for their support during this project – for Janet, ...