Business Plans
You need a business plan! Whether you are an established business, a startup, entrepreneur, or non-profit; not only do business plans open up avenues of investment opportunities to grow/start your business, they also help shape your business and keep you better informed about its health.
Business Plan Templates
Download the SCORE Business Template
Download the Microsoft Business Plan Template
Note: a business prospectus builds upon a business plan by giving a full financial picture to the investor. In other words, opportunities aside, where is your business financially at this moment?
For a bigger comparison between the two: https://bizfluent.com/info-7767849-difference-between-prospectus-business-plan.html
Think you’re too busy running a successful business to write a successful business plan? Think again…
The One Page Business Plan
Perhaps you’re just getting started and are simply overwhelmed with the thought process. If so, maybe it’s time to consider a simpler alternative to a full-range business plan. Why not let that alternative be the Lean Canvas Business Model.
This is a 1-page business plan template for developing new or existing business models. Part of its simplicity is its easy-to-follow flow-chart style with only 9-questions; and, in many cases, this 1-page business plan is all that you need to both document and grow your local business. You can think of it like you do your elevator speech. This plan simply documents the kind of information that is most critical to your business’s success; and, it acts as a phenomenal foundation to build upon when (and if) you’re ready to develop that full-range business plan.
Here are a couple of quality online templates to help get you started and if you still have questions, come talk to us.
Want more info? Here is a wonderful guide from the Washington State Department of Commerce.
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