WHAT IS BUSINESS PLAN ?

You want to start your business , it is a small business or medium medium business , it is not important the scale of your business,  it is important to have a business plan for yourself . In last topic we discussed about What is small business  and the importance of ideas and opportunities for small business . A businessman or entrepreneur requires business plan .
When you start to think about business plan and try to write a business plan , in fact  you will imagine your ideas .The process of writing business plan helps you to find problems that you will face in future  .  " A good problem definition is half of answer "  it means if you try to write a good business plan you have half of your answer and during writing business plan you will find some good solutions . In fact any effort to change in life is possible with a plan , it is not a managerial activity only and any one can write a business plan or life plan to improve his or her life .

What is BUSINESS PLAN ?
A business plan or project plan  is a written document , that describes all requirement steps in opening and operating and improving  a business activity . It consists of principal features ,  future prospects and analysis of requirements and conditions to start a successful  business.
A good business plan is based on the facts , real estimation of condition and provides technical feasibility as well as commercial success in business . It is a way to implement your dreams and  success. The result of a good business plan is a road map for actions and a key to monitor your business performance and evaluate the activities in  achievement  goals and objectives .
In other word if you have a business plan , you reach 50 percent of answers , you will find some new resources , you will find new ideas , when you just start to think about business plan .

Key elements of a Business Plan 
The main parts of a business plan can be key factors of your business activity . They have more impact on your future success and if you implement these part perfectly and based on the reality you have valuable information about yourself and your business .
1.Goals and Objectives
2.Product or Services or Outcomes of your business or Values you want to create .
3.Market or Customers .
4.Financial statement or Financial fund resources and solutions for business .

At first it is very hard to implement all of them but if you start to write about your goals and products / services you will find answers for Market and Financial support .

How to write a business plan ?
A business plan required a well definition of business and should be written  with owners . May be you need helps of an advisory but finally you need to write business plan . There are many business plan templates and they gives idea to write business plan . I prepared a simple form of a business plan template  .
The importance of the structure and format of a business plan is very high and if you are using a business plan template you should follow the structure . May be you want a grant for your small business or a loan  for small business and you should give your proposal or your business plan to be accepted .
Sometimes a venture capitalist or other types of fund sources look at the business plan and important parts are market analysis , financial statement and ownership .

Good Business Plan Structure and Format 
In writing  a business plan several points must be considered and headlines give you ideas to prepare the plan . The accepted format for a business plan :
1. Introductory or Initial pages or Cover pages
        i. Title page : name , address of company and Owner properties like fax , telephone , email
       ii. A paragraph about company and nature of business
      iii. A paragraph about financing needed
      iv. A statement about the confidentiality of the plan .
2. Executive Summary 
     Three or four pages that summarizing the business plan . It is most important part.
3. Market Analysis
      i. Future trend of market
     ii. An analysis about competitors
    iii. Market segmentation and customers plan
    iv. Industry forecasting
4. Description about Venture
     i. Product / Service
     ii. Size of  Business
    iii. Office equipment and personnel requirement
    iv. A short paragraph about yourself
5. Product / service Plan 
      i.  Operation process
      ii. Planet and Place of  your firm
     iii. Machinery and Tools
     iv. Suppliers and material requirement
6. Operation Process 
     i. A good description about company 's operation
    ii. Flow of orders for product / service
    iii. Technologies   that will be used in company
7. Market Plan  
     i. Pricing method
    ii. Distribution strategy
   iii. Promotion and Advertisement plan
   iv. Control and Monitoring
8. Organization structure and management 
   i. Form of ownership , partners , authority
  ii. Management background
  iii. Role and responsibility of management
9. Risk Assessment 
    i. Evaluation of weakness of business
    ii. New technologies
10. Financial Plan
     i. Income statement
     ii. Cash flow model and projection
    iii. A simple balance sheet statement
    iv. Sources of Funds - it is very important part of business plan
11. Appendix 
     i. Market research data
     ii. Contracts and agreements
     iii. Suppliers price lists
You can download free this business plan template pdf , it contains business plan in pdf format : click here .
This business plan can be used for any purpose like bank loan , entrepreneurship , government grant , nmart business plan and so many other business plan ideas. 

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