DIY Business Plan That Works

A Layman’s Step By Step Guide to Creating Your Own Business Plan A to Z

(Downloadable Template)

In the last three decades, I worked as a business consultant for 27 different small to midsize start-up companies.

During my tenure with each of the companies, I have learned the biggest asset of any company is their growth plan which is also known as the business plan. Each time I had to get very creative when creating a business plan for the start-ups as that is the most critical document banks and lenders look at. You can imagine most start-up’s first order of business is securing a favorable bank financing so they can actually get their business up and running.

Business plan to me is the backbone of your business; it is truly the GPS of your business that navigates you in the right direction. Regardless if you are applying for a loan for your business or not, every business should have a plan which should be updated periodically to help you stay on track to success.

In this book, I show you a simple and easy to follow the process of creating your own business plan for any business. You don’t need to be a writer or a Business major to be able to draft a great business plan, it is not your proficiently in English language, instead, it is all about laying out a simple to understand plan for the future of your business and how you want to navigate your business forward to prosperity.

Here are the Three most Common Excuses I hear from entrepreneurs about not creating their own business plan.

I am not good at writingI don’t know what to say in the planI am not business savvy enough to write one

Five Biggest Myths about the Business Plan

It is a complicated documentOnly a seasoned business writer can write a good business planNo one reads it, but you have to one to get a loanA good business plan needs to be 20-30 page longI don’t need a loan to start my business, so I don’t need a business plan

False, false and false, as I am sure you have guessed it, all of them are false.

In this book, I show you the baby steps to get started on the right foot. I take you through all the elements of creating a great business plan that is custom crafted just for your business. Before you buy this book, I want you to take a look at the Table of Content so you can see what all I covered inside this book, you will see the topics like:

What is a Business Plan?How Critical is a Business plan for your Business5 Reasons you should have a Business PlanWhat and How do I write one9 Essential components of a great Business PlanTwo Best Practices of Business Plan WritingLean vs. Traditional Business PlanExample of a Lean Business PlanStep by Step instructions to Write a Traditional Business Plan

This last part is the most significant part of the book; this is where I show you (with examples) every major and minor detail you need to include in your plan, items like

Cover pageExecutive summaryCompany DescriptionAspects of Service or ProductProblems you are trying to resolveYour Competitive LandscapeYour Competitive EdgeAll 4 Stages of Product Life Cycle (PLC)Market AnalysisEvaluation of the CompetitionMarketing & AdvertisingManagement TeamOperating PlanFinancial Plan (Income statement, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet & Break-Even Point)Request for Funding

Lastly, I offer you a link to a fully Functional and Customizable Business Plan Template which you can download and use.

Good Luck.