Transcript By: Faridath DIBOUSSE Sylvia ABUDEI Yoshiko ISOBE

By:
 Faridath DIBOUSSE
 Sylvia ABUDEI
 Yoshiko ISOBE
 Yingchao SHEN
Organizational Steps
 Viewing good business plan samples help to
get a general idea of how to write a business
plan
 View samples that are related to the market
your adhering to
 Sample Links:
Canada Business
Business Plans
Small Business BC
University of Calgary
 Know the entrepreneur’s goal and objectives
 Set a time table that the process should be
according to
 Know your potential readers (i.e. investors,
bankers, government officials)
 Determine who needs to be involved in the
process and their level of participation
 Decide which type of business plan you need to
create for your purposes (external, start-up,
internal)
 Define specific areas and levels of improvement
(if business already in function)
 Decide strategies to obtain the goal and
objectives
Establish performance standard for each
dimension in the management department
Business Plan Sections
 Cover sheet
 Table of contents
 Executive summary
 Management
 Marketing plan
 Production assessment
 Financial assessment
 Supporting documents
 Appendix
For an overview of each section
Analyze and present the
 Strengths
 Weaknesses
 Opportunities
 Threats
of the business
 Know the market, customer needs
 Describe the product/services your business will
offer
 Who are your targeted buyers and how will you
fulfill their needs
Market analysis / Identification of competition
 How will the production process occur
 Quality requirements
 location & physical plant
 details of machinery and equipment
 Review the capital structure
 Compute the money needed to finance the
business
 Make the balance sheet & profit/loss statement
 Forecast cash flow
 List the details of loan collateral and repayment
proposal
 Have supporting documents to supplement your
content
 Details of management biographies
 Evaluation of assets
 Financial statement
 List of major contract
 Determine who needs to be involved in the
process and their level of participation
 Establish performance standard for each
dimension in the manage department
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This section of your business plan is arguably
to most important
This section is usually 2-3 pages in length and
is when the entire plan is complete
It is a summary of key elements of the
business plan
Needs to capture the interest of the reader
Needs to be well-written and thoughtful
 Review the final draft of the plan
 Proof read: spelling, grammar, content
 Check all documents
 Make sure to have a clean, professional plan
Betkoski, Dinae and Lynne Ometer. "Documenting your
future: How to write a business plan." Journal of THE
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Griffin, Rickey W, Ebert J. Ronald and Starke A.
Frederick. Business. Boston: Peearson Custom
Publishing, 2005.