You can better prepare and handle any challenges you may face when you write a business plan. It gives you an opportunity to think carefully through every step of starting your business.
Business plans are important in the financing process, but they are also helpful if you don't need external funding.
Business Plans Can Help You:
- Assess your business ideas to ensure any weaknesses can be addressed before you open up shop
- Consider the opportunities you haven't yet considered and plan how you can take advantage of them
- Become familiar with the market and the competition before developing your idea
- Giving you a chance to prepare for dealing with potential challenges so that your startup won't get derailed
- Convince potential partners, customers, and employees that your idea is a serious one and that they should consider working with you
- Assist you in determining when your business will become profitable, and how much money you will need to reach it so that you will be prepared with adequate startup capital
- Choose your target market and determine how to reach them
You can refer to your detailed, step-by-step plan during the startup process and maintain your momentum by creating a detailed plan.
This Business Plan Template Includes
Startup business plans are sometimes difficult to write. This template will guide you step-by-step through writing it in order to make the process easier and more manageable. You will find easy-to-follow instructions for completing each part of the business plan, questions to help you think through each portion in greater detail, and fill-in worksheets for key sections in the template.
After completing the 11 worksheets, you'll be able to show your SCORE mentor your startup business plan.
This Template Includes the Following Sections:
- Executive Summary
- Company Description
- Products and Services
- Marketing Plan
- Plans for Implementation
- Organization and management
- Startup Expenses and Capitalization
- Financial Plan
- Appendices
Recommended: Check out the startup business plan template for step-by-step instructions on writing a business plan template.
In the Appendices, you can find documents that supplement the information provided in the body of the plan. Contracts, leases, purchase orders, intellectual property, key managers' resumes, market research data, or any other information that supports assumptions or statements made in the plan might qualify.
Toward the end of the template, in “Refining Your Plan,” you will learn ways you can tweak your plan for certain purposes, such as obtaining a bank loan, or for particular industries, such as retail or manufacturing.
The Startup Business Plan Template can be used to create a working business plan for your startup.
