The business has evolved in recent years. People are excited about opting for entrepreneurship. Anyone who can earn money through his ideas or talent can own a business. Wait…! an idea isn’t enough to get started. Firstly, you have to plan your business and then the expenses revolving around it. If everything is proper, then you are good to start. Remember to start slow and increase further in the journey.
This blog will help you write your business plan without any worries, anxiety, or impatience.
SBA recommends six pieces of information must consider while constructing the executive summary. The points include:
It would take you not more than a para, where you’ll describe your mission statement, stating what your business is and your overarching goals in mind.
It consists of everything from the founding date of your business to the founders, if any, besides you. Here you will also mention the number of employees, roles of the founders, and locations if any.
As a beginner of startups, you can list down your experiences and also can highlight your past successful endeavors as it will help the public to build trust in your company.
And if, you are experienced in this world of business, simply list down your successes in the years of exceptional working.
The public wants to see the past results to trust to invest in you through your services and products. Even listing your milestones will help gather an interested audience around you.
Describe the services and products you’re selling to the market. If you don’t have enough specifications for the product, you can state plans about your product’s offer.
Include your funding goals and information about banks with whom you have worked.
Conclude by announcing the plans or goals you have thought of for your business’s success in the coming months and years.
In this section, you will discuss the legal structure of your business, the industry-representation by your business, the marketplace, and the working.
In this section, you’ll include the description of the industry you are representing through your business, discuss the overview of your target’s market size, characteristics, and growth. You will also highlight the market share potential, barriers, pricing, and your top competitors.
In this section, you can discuss your organizational structure, hiring needs, ownership structure, the background of the board of directors and owners.
In this section, you give product descriptions, the recent status of your services, the research & development behind your products, the defining goals, and the intellectual property important to run your business comfortably. Also, list down the sourcing clearly and discuss the fulfillment in detail.
In this section, you’ll include the promotion criteria, your positioning style of products, the sales force, and the selling strategy.
In this section, you will discuss financial statements including balance sheets, cash flow, income, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and documents related to debt obligations, in detail.
You will also include essential documents like balance statements, cash flow forecasts, projected income statements, and budget concerning Capital expenditure.
And, at last, don’t forget to add an appendix!