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Business Plan - Kit
 One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of starting a business is preparing a Business Plan. It is through the preparation of a formal Business Plan than you begin the process of refining what your business will actually be and, more importantly, how you can make it successful from the start. You will use your Business Plan for many purposes: for your own use to continually fine-tune your actual business start-up; for the purposes of obtaining financing, even it is only from family members; and for presenting your business ideas to potential shareholders, employees, investors, suppliers, and anyone else with whom you may do business. With the information you will have gathered and set down in your Plan, starting a successful business will be simplified and streamlined. Included in this kit are the following: · Business Plan Worksheet · Marketing Plan Worksheet, with Instructions · Financing Plan Worksheet, with Instructions · Sample Executive Summary, with Instructions · Instructions for Completing Your Business Plan This Kit can be used in all states. |
Financial Plan Worksheet
| The failure of many small businesses relates directly to underestimating the amount of money needed to start and continue the business. Most business owners can, with relative ease, estimate the amount of money needed to start a business. The problem comes with arriving at a clear estimate of how much money will be necessary to keep the business operating until it is able to realistically support itself. If you can honestly determine how much is actually necessary to allow the business time to thrive before you can take out profits or pay, the next challenge is to figure out where to get that amount of money. This Financial Plan Worksheet Kit will lead you through a number of questions to help you determine the amount of money needed and where it might be obtained. Following the Worksheet are instructions on preparing both an Estimated Profit and Loss Statement and a Current Balance Sheet. Both of these forms will help you put real numbers into your plans. The Financial Plan Worksheet Kit is divided into the following sections: · Income and Expenses · Assets and Liabilities · Financial Needs · Preparing a Profit and Loss Statement (with Estimated Profit and Loss Statement Form) · Preparing a Balance Sheet (with Current Balance Sheet Form). When used in conjunction with a Business Plan Worksheet and a Marketing Plan Worksheet, this Financial Plan Worksheet will assist you in preparing a formal Business Plan for your company. This Kit can be used in all states. |
Marketing Plan Worksheet
| An integral part of the process of starting a business is preparing a Marketing Plan. Whether the business will provide a service or sell a product, it will need customers in some form. Who those customers are, how they will be identified and located, and how they will be attracted to the business are crucial to the success of any small business. Unfortunately, it is also one part of a business start-up that is given less than its due in terms of time and effort spent to fully investigate the possibilities. Our Marketing Plan Worksheet will assist you in thinking about your business in terms of who your customers may be and how to reach them. In many ways, looking honestly at who your customers may be and how to attract them may be the most crucial part of starting your business. Because if your understanding of this issue is ill-defined or unclear, your business will have a difficult time succeeding. The Marketing Plan Worksheet is divided into four sections: • Target Market Analysis • Competitive Analysis • Sales and Pricing Analysis • Marketing Strategy Note: When used in conjunction with a Business Plan Worksheet and a Financial Plan Kit, this Marketing Plan Worksheet will assist you in preparing a formal Business Plan for your company. This Kit can be used in all states. |
Business Plan Worksheet
| One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of starting a business is preparing a Business Plan. It is through the preparation of a formal Business Plan than you begin the process of refining what your business will actually be and, more importantly, how you can make it successful from the start. You will use your Business Plan for many purposes: (i) for your own use to continually fine-tune your actual business start-up; (ii) for the purposes of obtaining financing, even it is only from family members; and (iii) for presenting your business ideas to potential shareholders, employees, investors, suppliers, and anyone else with whom you may do business. Note: This Worksheet will provide you with an overview of your company’s overall business plan. However, in order to prepare a comprehensive formal Business Plan, you should also review and prepare a Marketing Plan Worksheet and a Financial Plan Worksheet. This Kit can be used in all states. The Business Plan Worksheet is divided into the following sections: • Preliminary Business Concept Analysis • Company Description • Industry Analysis • Product or Service Analysis • Business Operations • Management Analysis • Supporting Documentation |