What is a Business Plan Executive Summary?

As a small business owner you will likely find that there are too few hours in the day and too many things to complete in them.

That’s right… we’re all short of time and need to be efficient in what we do.

That’s where an executive summary works really well.

An executive summary is a shortened version of the whole business plan

It contains the essence of the plan ‘in a nutshell’ which makes it easier to get the big picture before going into detail.

I like them best when they’re on One Page with One Page of summary numbers.

Too many times a business plan is a lengthy document which no one reads but people feel justified that it demonstrates that a lot of work has gone into the business plan.

Remember that if you can’t catch the reader in the executive summary then it’s likely they won’t read any further.

What’s your experience with an executive summary?

Have you used them before?

Do you find them useful?