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Contents of Business Plan
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What is business plan
Business plan - is a written description of yourbusiness's future.
A document that describes what you plan to do and
how you plan to do it and conveys your business goals,the strategies you'll use to meet them, ...
Document that can convince the reader that the
business can produce enough revenue to make asatisfactory profit and therefore attractive as aninvestment opportunity
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1. The purpose of a Business Plan
to explain clearly your business idea
to convince funders that it is likely to
succeed and to give you money to give clear plans for the future of the
business
to help you control the business
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A business plan has three primary
functions:
1. To serve as an Action Plan-Abusiness plan can help to move you toaction..A business plan will help you to pull apart the pieces of starting abusiness and examine each piece by itself. So instead of one large problem,you have a sequence of smaller problems. And by solving the small problems,the large problem is automatically solved.
2. To serve as a Road Map - business plan can be an invaluable tool to helpkeep you on track and moving in the direction you want to go. it is very easyto lose sight of your objectives and goals -- a business plan can help to keepyou focused. A business plan can also serve to help others to understand yourvision, including suppliers, customers, employees, friends, and family.
3. To serve as a Sales Tool., a business plan can serve as a sales tool. You willprobably need outside financing to start your business, and a business plan isthe tool you need to convince investors to come on board.
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2. The reader
Assume the reader is a potential funder of yourbusiness
He is a very busy person
He reads hundreds of business plans He rejects most of them
He is easily irritated by unprofessionalappearance
He will spot financial mistakes quickly
You have to attract his attention with a highquality business plan
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Business plan format
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NEW! The Frame
Book
NEW! Heavy
Metal Journal
The Crossed
SnowshoeStitch
The Chain
Stitch
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Cover page
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business plan format
1) The business plan that you submit can be no longer than 40 pages and include nomore than four pages of financial charts.
2) The plan must meet these format requirements:You have to use your own cover page withcompany logo, tag line, etc.
Use a font size between 10 and 12 point., for heading 14 and 16 points, for
chapters 18 , 20 points . Use any font you like, however we recommend Helvetica, orGaramond, bookman old style ---- .
Margins: 1.5 inch top ( beginning of chapter) and left 1inch, top bottom andright. Plans should be SINGLE-SPACED
Please number all the pages including the first page. Tables, graphs, exhibits, andspreadsheets may be single-spaced, and they count in the page limit.Include your business concept name as a header or footer( with logo) on all the
pages.You can submit your entry as a PDF or in Microsoft Word (Office 97 or later). Deliver the copies to us no later than 18thJanuary 2007 . If not submit with due
date the grade will be F . 20th 22ndJune is the presentation date
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Title pageBusiness Plan
OWNERS
Your Business Name
Address Line 1Address Line 2
City, ST ZIP CodeTelephone
Fax
Strictly Confidential
Date
Copy Number: ____
XXX Bus
iness
Name
Business Plan
Logo here
Picture of product
XXX BusinessNameXXX Address
Tel No.: xxx Fax No.: xxx
Email: xxx Web: xxx