About the author

Vaughan Evans is well placed to be your guide in business planning. He has been advising financiers on whether to back businesses for 30 years and, on the other side of the table, has written many successful business plans tailored to meeting the concerns of backers.

He is an independent consultant specialising in business strategy and planning for SMEs and in strategic due diligence for private equity having worked for many years at management consultants Arthur D. Little and investment bankers Bankers Trust Co.

He is the author of many successful business books, including the sister book to this, The FT Essential Guide to Developing a Business Strategy (2013) and the innovative and highly acclaimed Key Strategy Tools (2012). ...

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