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Business Plan Outline
A business plan serves as a blueprint for business success. A well
thought out and written business plan is the first step in the crystallization
of an idea into some tangible form. These are the topics usually covered
in a business plan:
This is Your Company, Inc.
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Executive Summary--This
section includes an overview of the business and industry you intend to
operate in and the amount of money your company is seeking to borrow.
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Company Description--Management,
Background, and History
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Competition Analysis--SWOT:
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
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Market Analysis--Size,
trends, opportunity cost, demographics, distribution channels
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Marketing Plan--Manufacturing
cost, economies of scale, distribution channel (mass, selective, exclusive),
estimated sales and market share, 4P's marketing mix, strategy.
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Operations--Value chain,
suppliers, linear programming, resource optimization, supply chain management,
distribution.
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Management Team--Biographies
of each key member of the management team
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Financials--Financing
required, current financial statements, 3-5 pro forma financial statements.
You have been given the basics and a starting point, go
from there!

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