Is there anyone out there that can help me write a business plan?

Question

i'm starting up as a sole trader and i want a comprehensive business plan that i can present to investors for grants and start up finance but have no idea how to go about it.

to the guy that said that there are no grants for starting up a business. your wrong i'm curretly applying for a £1000 start up grant from Small Business Gateway and £5000 from PSYBT thanks for the resources but try and get your facts right

Answer 1

try the business link site www.businesslink.gov.uk they have a wonderful help section, with all this in.

but to summerise, your plan should include:

An executive summary - this is an overview of the business you want to start. this is the bit most people will read if nothing else

A short description of the business opportunity - what you plan to sell

Your sales/marketing strategy - how will you sell to people, why should they buy from you

Normally your management team, but as you are going to be sole trader just your experiance, qualifiactions credentials in the area of this business.

What you will need - premises, production facilities, computer systems etc.

Financial forecasts - cash flow & profit and loss forecasts

Answer 2

If you are looking for grants then you may want to look at community intererest companies www.cicregulator.gov.uk.

this means the assets are locked so that funder know you won't just take the money & run. Otherwise they are just the same as ordinary business that can provide a clear social or environmental benefit.
your local county council should have an enterprise officer who can direct you to a local support agency. there may be more support for social enterprise than sole trader.

Answer 3

In the end, it is up to you to create a business plan for your proposed business. No one else knows the details of your ideas. There is a lot of information and help available on the internet. A Yahoo search for "writing a business plan" (include the quotation marks in the Yahoo search box) yields thousands of results. On just the first page of results (10 results), there are several sites where you can download business plan templates. Many sites offer advice on how to write effective plans as well as where to present them for the financial help you need. I'm sure you will find lots of useful and interesting information if you just do the same search and explore the results.

Answer 4

There are no grants for starting a business and you don't write a business plan to get a grant if you are in the US.

Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:

- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm
- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html

You may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:

- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp
- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp
- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/
- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html
-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf
- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid
- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html

Some recommended books are :

- Business Plans Kit for Dummies
- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan
- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide
- Business Plans For Dummies®
- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan

Hope that the above resources help

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STATE YOUR COUNTRY if you want a clearer answer to your question. I said there are no grants because there are NONE in the US. If you clarified where you are from and that you are from the UK, then it would be easier to provide a better answer. I have my facts right, thank you. Do not assume that people know you are living outside of the US here.

Answer 5

The best book out there is called Business plans for Dummies. I used it to start up my business and it was a gift from heaven.... It helped me get the funding to start my business. I've now been in business since 2003 and I'm happy to report that I'm loving it!

Good Luck!

Answer 6

I highly recommend you to read Rich Dad's Advisors®: The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans.

Answer 7

in case you google "writing a corporation plan" - you will arise not in basic terms with countless loose web pages that can assist you write the plan, yet there additionally are countless examples of ones that are already finished. it particularly is slightly in contact - yet you're able to do it your self. besides the undeniable fact that, in case you look over the stuff online and nevertheless can not discern it out, there are various different ideas. not in basic terms paying somebody to do it. yet there could desire to be a company on your portion of retired corporation people who volunteer to help those with establishing their own agencies. Their help is loose. stable success.

Answer 8

This seems to be a common question. It is ultimately to show how your business will grow in a set future period. I refer you to some great articles on Business and Small Business at http://www.hammocksurvivalguide.com/

Answer 9

Go to a site called businessballs. It will give advice on all aspects of business management.