Writing Tutorials
How to write a business plan
By Gerry Richmond
This site has been reproduced with the kind permission of Gerry Richmond. His original site can be found at www.business-plan-help.com
Sample Business Plan Template
There’s no one outline for all business plans. They depend on your aim, your audience, your industry and so on. However, think of the business plan as a clear expression of your industry, your business and your future and it will help you draw together and order the essential information.
1. Cover sheet
2. Executive Summary
3. Table of contents
4. Business Idea and Description
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Description of business
- Marketing and Competition
- Personnel
5. Market Analysis
6. Financial Position and Forecast
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Historical Performance
- Existing Finance and loan applications
- Capital equipment and stock
- Balance sheet Break-even analysis
- Business Income projections
1. Cover sheet
2. Executive Summary
3. Table of contents
4. Business Idea and Description
- Description of business
- Marketing and competition
- Personnel
5. Market Analysis
6. Financial Position and Forecast
- Historical Performance
- Existing Finance and loan applications
- Capital equipment and stock
- Balance sheet Break-even analysis
- Business Income projections
- One-year, three-year and five-year summaries
- Detail by quarters, second and third years
- Assumptions used.
- Business Profit-and-Loss Statement
- One-year, three-year and five-year summaries
- One-year, three-year and five-year summaries
- Balance sheet Break-even analysis
- Current position
- One-year, three-year and five-year summary projections
- Detail by month, first year
- Detail by quarters, second and third years
- Assumptions used
- Business Funding Needs
- Current funds available
- One-year, three-year and five-year summary projections
- Other sources of finance
- Assumptions used
7. Management Team
- Management Team
- Other Support Staff
8. Attachments
- Articles, brochures
- Copies of contracts, franchise agreements, leases, letters of intent, patents
- Financial charts and breakdowns
- Personal financial statement
- Tax returns
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