Business Plan Overview

Every business needs a plan; you must follow this rule before doing everything.... Read more

The truth about setting a Business plan

During the first year of business school our coach told us that a business plan gives the strategic direction for business activities. Writing the plan describes where you want to go and how to get there, and then you follow the plan you have written to achieve your goals. It really sounds pretty good! But the real thing is much more different from school. If business were successes as simple as following a few steps we all have be running our millionaire businesses, but we are not. If you want to run a successful business you have to be an “artist” because artists use their imagination and more than common sense and simple steps they use improvisation. No business plan in the world can give you these resources; you have to provide them yourself.... Read more

Starting your planning engine: Part one

The foundations for a business plan

A business plan is for all steps of your business even if your business is old still you need a business plan to make things easier for you. In order to make our business plan improvement possible, we need to setup a planning engine so we can make changes with out starting from the beginning. ... Read more

Starting your planning engine: Part Two - Audiences

Your Target Audience

Your business plan is the blueprint that will help you to build a successful enterprise.... Read more

Starting your planning engine: Part three - Structure

Business plans are as varied as the companies that compile them, some plans runs most than 80 pages whereas others fills a few sheets. Some plans starts with executive summaries and others go straight to detailed description of products and services. Some companies prints their plan on paper, and other publish their plans on the web.... Read more

Short Business plan FAQ

If you are like most people who get far in their goals you may have some questions right about now. So lets take a deep breath while we relax and read this frequently asked questions.... Read more

Starting you planning engine: Part four - Time Frame

The time frame for your business plan

The time frame represents how far out into the future you want to plan. We want our business to grow successfully for years into the future but that does not mean your business plan goes all the way forever. Each plan covers a specified planning period. Some are designed to get a company to a defined sales level, a funding objective, or the achievement of some other growth goal. A good business plan covers a time frame that has a realistic start and finish, with a number of measurable checkpoints in between.... Read more

Locating informative resources for your business plan

On the last four posts we were talking about the planning processes but that was just merely an idea, at this point we know: what are the benefits of a business plan, who are our target audience and we know about our time frame for our plan (if you don't know what I am talking about check out the last four posts:... Read more