Business Planning for Startups

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Startup Talks with Arnab Ray

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A brief introduction to business planning, process and outline of a business plan. For any queries please feel free to visit one of my ventures at http://www.bplanexperts.com.

Check out by blog at: http://www.arnab.co


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Today we are going to talk about business planning.

- What is a business plan?

- Why do you need a business plan?

- What are the uses of a business plan?

- How do you write a business plan?

- Process of business planning?

- Sections of a business plan

- Sample business plan

- Business plan outline


What is a business plan?

A business plan is a roadmap for your business implementation.

It outlines your vision, goals and showcases the plan of achieving them.



Why do you need a business plan?

- Analyze the feasibility of your Idea: Helps You Decide to Proceed or Stop

- Planning Improves Your Odds of Success

-  Valuable Insights: Helps you improve Your Business

- Helps You Keep on Track

- Communicate your idea


So what are the uses of a business plan?

- Raising Funds

- Communication to stakeholders

- Project Roadmap for structured implementation


So how do create a business plan? What is the process?

- IDEATION & FEASIBILITY - Basic documentation of the idea. Understanding the conceptual feasibility.

- MARKET ANALYSIS - Economic, Industry, Competitor analysis. Understand the opportunity.

- STRATEGY FORMULATION -  Draw out the marketing, operation, human resource strategy for your venture.

- FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS - Forecast your costs and sales over the timeline. Understand the start-up expenses.


So what does a typical business plan looks like?

- Executive Summary

- Company Overview

- Products & Services

- Business Model

- Strategies & Tactics

- Milestones

- Startup Expenses

- Financial Statements

- Financial Statements

- Return On Investment


If you need any help with preparing a business plan or an  investor deck. You can visit one of my ventures at http://wwwBPlanExperts.com


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