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Where Can I Find Good Business Plan Help?

Andee Sellman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:30 +0000

When you hear the word business plan, who is the first person you would associate with business plans? For many small business owners it is their accountant. In fact most small business plans are prepared for the purpose of getting finance rather than for running the business and if this is all you want then [...]

What’s the Simplest Way of Creating a Business Plan?

Andee Sellman — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:35 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

There is a very famous quote from Kelloggs that says: ‘The simple things in life are always the best.’ In a previous post I talked about using a business plan template which is often the simplest way to go. However, even if you are using a template you need to think about your plan in [...]

What is a Business Plan Executive Summary?

Andee Sellman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:09 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

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 [...]

Should I use a business plan template?

Andee Sellman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:47 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

The purpose of a business plan template is to give you an overall structure in which to express your business plan. Think about this question for a moment:- Could you take a blank sheet of canvas and paint a beautiful picture of a forest? Chances are, if you’re like me, this would be impossible. BUT [...]

How to Spot Simple Business Plans

Andee Sellman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:56 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

When I meet a small business owner and mention the term business plan, their eyes normally glaze over because it’s a document that isn’t an integral part of their business and is only prepared to get finance or show someone else how their business is supposed to perform. That’s right… supposed to perform because most [...]

How to Write a Small Business Plan

Andee Sellman — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:35 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

Every small business plan has two parts to it: Words and Numbers Most small business owners feel more comfortable in preparing the words because they can describe quite easily their business but when it comes to the numbers they feel more like a fish out of water. I find that words are less exacting than [...]

Why is My Small Business Plan Not Working!

Andee Sellman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:36 +0000

Posted in Business Plan

Have you ever seen a bad business plan? I asked a few bank managers and they agreed that they’d never seen a bad one. But they did add that they’d seen many that did not work out in practice. So this made me wonder why this would be the case. How come people prepare a [...]