DIY Business Plan That Works: A Layman’s Step By Step Guide to Creating Your Own Business Plan A to Z - A Simple & Easy to Follow Step By Step Guide to Creating Your Own Business Plan A to Z

In the last three decades, I worked as a business consultant for 27 different small to midsize start-up companies.

During my tenure with each of the companies, I have learned the biggest asset of any company is their growth plan which is also known as the business plan. Each time I had to get very creative when creating a business plan for the start-ups as that is the most critical document banks and lenders look at. You can imagine most start-up’s first order of business is securing a favorable bank financing so they can actually get their business up and running.

Business plan to me is the backbone of your business; it is truly the GPS of your business that navigates you in the right direction. Regardless if you are applying for a loan for your business or not, every business should have a plan which should be updated periodically to help you stay on track to success.

In this book, I show you a simple and easy to follow the process of creating your own business plan for any business. You don’t need to be a writer or a Business major to be able to draft a great business plan, it is not your proficiently in English language, instead, it is all about laying out a simple to understand plan for the future of your business and how you want to navigate your business forward to prosperity.

Here are the Three most Common Excuses I hear from entrepreneurs about not creating their own business plan.

• I am not good at writing
• I don’t know what to say in the plan
• I am not business savvy enough to write one

Five Biggest Myths about the Business Plan

• It is a complicated document
• Only a seasoned business writer can write a good business plan
• No one reads it, but you have to one to get a loan
• A good business plan needs to be 20-30 page long
• I don’t need a loan to start my business, so I don’t need a business plan

False, false and false, as I am sure you have guessed it, all of them are false.

In this book, I show you the baby steps to get started on the right foot. I take you through all the elements of creating a great business plan that is custom crafted just for your business. Before you buy this book, I want you to take a look at the Table of Content so you can see what all I covered inside this book, you will see the topics like:

• What is a Business Plan?
• How Critical is a Business plan for your Business
• 5 Reasons you should have a Business Plan
• What and How do I write one
• 9 Essential components of a great Business Plan
• Two Best Practices of Business Plan Writing
• Lean vs. Traditional Business Plan
• Example of a Lean Business Plan
• Step by Step instructions to Write a Traditional Business Plan

This last part is the most significant part of the book; this is where I show you (with examples) every major and minor detail you need to include in your plan, items like

• Cover page
• Executive summary
• Company Description
• Aspects of Service or Product
• Problems you are trying to resolve
• Your Competitive Landscape
• Your Competitive Edge
• All 4 Stages of Product Life Cycle (PLC)
• Market Analysis
• Evaluation of the Competition
• Marketing & Advertising
• Management Team
• Operating Plan
• Financial Plan (Income statement, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet & Break-Even Point)
• Request for Funding

Lastly, I offer you a link to a fully Functional and Customizable Business Plan Template which you can download and use.

Good Luck.