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- Business Plan should address some or all of the following:
- Cover page setting forth the name of the team and the team members
- Table of contents
- Executive summary (maximum two pages)
- Description of the company background to date
- Acceleration concept
- Description of the market opportunity
- Description of the products and/or services now being offered
- Business model describing how the business will generate the expanded revenue and profits
- Target audience and customer segments
- Structure of the industry in which the business wishes to operate
- Description of existing and potential competition
- The new Operations/production plans
- The new Distribution plans
- The new Marketing plan & Sales strategy
- New or old Technology and intellectual property issues
- The new Management strategy and human resources plan
- New and old Critical risk factors and contingency plans
- The new or existing Exit or phase-out strategy
- The new or existing Legal and regulatory considerations
- The new Plan for raising venture or other capital
- The new or existing Funding needs and anticipated use of those funds
- Key assumptions used in the financial analysis
- Financial highlights, including financial projections for a five-year period: monthly for year 1, quarterly for years 2-3 and annually for years 4-5; and break-even analysis.
- Appendices containing the bios or resumes of the existing management team; trademarks or patents applied for; diagrams or images of prototypes, products or services; and sources of research and other documentation.
- Executive Summary may contain some or all of the following:
- A description of the existing company strengths and weaknesses, products and/or services and achievements and failures.
- a description of the market opportunity available;
- a viable business opportunity;
- the values driving the business;
- an overview of the industry in which the business will compete, including demand and competitive advantage;
- a strategy as to how the business intends to accelerate in next 5 years;
- a statement as to the management and other resources that are available or will be acquired to accelerate the business;
- a general plan for capitalizing the venture;
- and the identification of critical issues to be resolved as the business moves forward.
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