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Rome Wasn't Planned, Funded, and Built in One Day

The process of putting together a coherent Business Plan will probably take longer that you estimate. If you think you can do it in a month, it will probably take two--or more. And that is precisely why the process is valuable. Along the way you will probably stop and say, "you know, we haven't really thought our strategies out very well, have we?" or "we don't really know our competition as well as we thought we did," and you will take the time to hone your strategies and get up to speed on the competition before you finish the plan and present it.

In other words, you will have a Planned Business as well as a Business Plan.

Smaller Bites Are More Digestible

Start the plan with an outline. By breaking the large task down into smaller components, the task will not seem as daunting. A Business Plan can be viewed simply as the answers to a series of questions. Try answering a few at a time. Writing a little bit of the plan at a time is less difficult than trying to lock yourself up in a room for a week and do the whole thing. If you do use this latter approach, please be sure the place you lock yourself up has a shower.

Style Points Count, Too.

The visual aspects of the document should not be overlooked. Color charts, tables of data to break up the text, paragraph headings, varying the typestyles--all of these contribute to making the plan easier to read, and to more clearly explain the business opportunity.

To Write A Plan, Read A Plan

People who write novels are generally those who have read many, many, stories. The learn their craft by studying the works of their favorite authors. You need to do the same thing. Look at examples of Business Plans to get in your mind the writing style, the sequence in which the ideas are presented, and the parts to a plan. After reading several plans, you will have a feel for how a Business Plan flows and how it is organized. By putting that pattern in your mind, it will be much easier for you to begin writing with confidence. Sample plans are available on the Internet at sites devoted to assisting entrepreneurs.

Pick A Section, Any Section

If you have never written a Business Plan before, you may have difficulty getting the project started. It will seem as though you have an awful lot of blank pages staring back at you.

To get the Plan moving, start with the section that is easiest for you, or of most interest. If you are enthused about the technical superiority of your product, write the product attributes section first. If marketing is your forte, then work on strategies. Many people like to start by writing the history of the company, or how they got the original vision to start the business (possibly because most people enjoy talking about themselves). When you begin to see words on the page, you will get a feeling of making progress, and then you can proceed to the more difficult parts of the plan with less trepidation.

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