How to Write a Business Plan in Ten Steps

4th Edition

By: Dr. Paul Borosky MBA

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Starting your own business is one of the most rewarding, yet challenging, journeys that a person may embark upon, at least from a professional perspective. For the most part, starting a business requires identifying an opportunity in the marketplace, designing a product or service to meet customers’ needs, hiring employees to help you best serve your customers, and raising money to fund your entrepreneurial endeavor. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Because starting a business is so complex, its no wonder, just about any lending source, be it a bank, investor, or even friends and family, will inevitably ask you for a business plan. At this point, your choices are simple, either hire a professional business plan writer, such as myself, or embark upon the ah-inspiring business plan writing journey with a detailed guide such as this! This leads to the purpose of the book. The purpose of the book is to give you, the reader, a step-by-step guide to completing a well-written and thorough business plan to use for funding purposes, as a benchmark for operation targets, or numerous other uses. This book was written for prospective entrepreneurs, startup companies, business owners seeking to grow their organization, and even business students faced with the need to write a business plan for coursework. Book and Chapter Structures The business plan writing steps include all aspects of the business plan writing process, beginning with developing the executive summary to constructing a professional and polished funding request. In each step, I introduce to you a different business plan section. I then explain in layman’s terms what the section means, offer a “real world” business plan sample, and analyze the sample to help you understand the component. The objective of this detailed process is to ensure a full understanding of each section, with the goal of you being able to write a professional business plan for yourself by yourself! IF you still need help writing your business plan, at the end of the book, I ALSO supply you with professionally written samples to use. Samples include a general business plan, restaurant business plan, and a retail store business plan. On a final note, to put the cherry on top, I have conducted and included preliminary market research for each one of the industries noted above for you to use in your personalized plan! In the end, I am supremely confident that this book, with its numerous tools and tips for business plan writing, will help you develop your coveted business plan in a timely fashion.