Create A Business Plan that Will Win Your Lender's Approval
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Friday, November 13, 2009 | by Irish Taylor
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Wanting to start your own small business? And what's next? Venturing into business requires more than just
investing your own money, putting your ideas to work and hoping for a success. Many others have become
entrepreneurs and some of them have been successful while others have failed.
Business Plan Software: Do You Need It?
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Business plan software is something that often gets overlooked and isnt considered to be a
necessity for some reason. In my opinion, business plan software is essential, it is not a luxury. I am
a huge advocate of business planning. When people ask me if they need a business plan, my response is,
'Absolutely!' You see, starting a business without a business plan is akin to starting college without
a degree plan. |
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"We have been extraordinarily happy with the Business Plan Pro software and more importantly
with Palo Alto Software." Read
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Why Does A Home Based Business Require A Business Plan?
Many people ask the same question again and again. Why is it necessary for me to create a
business plan for my small home based business? I guess the answer is, ( at the risk of sounding
smug) you don't need any plan if you all want to do is remain a small home based business with a
limited future. The next comment that I hear often is "I really don't like to write and I'm
terrible with presentations." The answer to the latter is you won't need to create any
presentations if you don't require start up funding.
A business plan doesn't always need to be a formal document that will be shared with anyone
outside of you or your small organization. Even if you never share it with anyone, you still need a
plan. The purpose of planning software is to provide you with a "schematic" for your business, how
it will be funded what is your target market, how you plan to reach that market and where you plan
to be in your specified timeframe. Unless you do this sort of thing for a living you'll need some
help.
The following pages in this HBR Business Planning Guide will help you understand why it's
necessary to have a plan and to direct you to the appropriate resources to aid you in developing
that business plan. Good planning software will have hundreds of business plans built into it to
cover all different types of businesses and business models.
Sometimes the hardest part of starting a new business, is just knowing where to start. That's
when it's important to have some structure and professional advice. Not everyone can afford to pay
a professional advisor to put together a business plan.
"Produces a finished product you can hand to bankers." Read
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