The only fast and easy “how-to” Guide for Business Plans that you can Read in 10 Minutes.

Then write a Business Plan that takes you from "Nope, not interested"  to ...

"Wow, how can I help!"

Get it now so you can:

• Understand what you need to include and what you need to leave out.  Don't give them an excuse to say no!

• Learn the one thing you need to do before you even start.  You're wasting everyone's time if you don't get this right.

• Discover how to get the most out of the process and worry less about what the document looks like.

• Develop a financial plan that will deliver profitability for you and a return for your investors.

• Get readers to respond with "Let's Go!" instead of "No Go". 

Get the results you want with a better Business Plan.  

Get it now before you waste time and money on a long, complicated and expensive process that does not get you what you want.

This Guide covers all the topics required for a successful Business Plan, and takes only 10-minutes to read.  Use it to prepare your own Business Plan or to direct your staff and consultants in the process. 

If you're interested, here's my story and why I'm sure I can help you with your Business Plan:

This guide is based on over 30 years of experience with business planning.  Including my own Business Plans and helping many different business clients to get where they wanted.  

The Guide is a summary of what I learned about successful business plans as a business owner, entrepreneur, executive, and consultant. 

My own first Business Plan was a few ideas scratched out on paper with a rough budget that showed how we might actually be able to make money in a local distribution business for computer hardware.  Nobody cared about it at that stage, except me and my partner. (But that's usually the first and best reason to prepare a Business Plan.) We each put in a few thousand dollars and launched the business. First month we did $10,000 in sales, not a bad start. (Even if I admit, I did keep the books open for an extra few days just to meet our objective.)  We were profitable from the third month.  And we kept on growing that business up to $20 million in annual sales over eight years. 

Of course, with growth we needed financing.  To get it, the bank said, "OK, but we need two things - personal guarantees and a Business Plan."  So we signed the personal guarantees and I updated the Business Plan and my spreadsheets.  They were good enough to get the first $50,000.  Those loans grew with the business until we eventually were up to $4.8 million in bank lines of credit with no personal guarantees.  A well-documented Business Plan is essential to that process.  (A good track record of profitability also helps.)  

My next start-up venture was an e-commerce business with a technology partner. Here we prepared more elaborate Business Plans to support the "dot-com" business model of high development costs, zero revenue and millions required in venture capital funding.  We got rave reviews for our Business Plan, negotiated deals with important strategic partners (another key use for your Business Plan) and started growing the business.  When the dot-com bubble burst, we learned a lot more about business planning and managing sources of financing. 

In my consulting business over the past several years, I have worked with entrepreneurs, business owners and their lendors and investors to develop, evaluate, prepare and present a wide variety of Business Plans that delivered the results.    

I have also been giving a regular course in Business Planning at Concordia University's Business Administration program to help new entrepreneurs get their businesses started. 

All of that knowledge and experience has been put into this simple, but complete 10-Minute Guide to Business Plans, the Appendix of Financial Projections and the Bonus Sample Business Plan.   

The Complete 10-Minute Guide to Business Plans

The 10-Minute Guide consolidates all the best practices in a short guidebook that will satisfy the needs of business owners, investors and lenders. 

The guide provides advice on the layout and content for an effective Business Plan that will get the response you want. 

PLUS, it includes an Appendix on Financial Projections that gives you the recommended presentation for business start-up costs, revenue and net income projections, balance sheets, cash flows and financing requirements.  It may require another 10-minutes to read, but think of it as a bonus.

AND: A Complete Sample Business Plan Document from an actual client (excluding the name and details of their confidential plans). It gives you the important wording, style and content that actually worked to get the business started successfully with the bank financing that they needed.

This is what you get with this brief, but comprehensive 10-Minute Guide:

• A clear description of the business planning process and the approach that works.

• A proven Table of Contents for your Business Plan that covers everyone's questions and concerns.

• The recommended style and content that will give confidence to the readers of your plan.

• Hints on the specific wording that will help convince lenders and investors that you will deliver.

• A complete set of sample financial projections as a model for your own plan.

• A sample of an actual Business Plan that delivered results.

This is what clients and bankers have said about the Business Plans that I've worked on with them:

• Very well done. This answers all our questions and I can get approval quickly for you."  Lending officer, CIBC.

• "This is exactly what we like to see in a Business Plan." Account Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada.

• "Now we have a documented strategy and financial projections that help us understand the business potential and take it to the next level." Partners in a telemarketing service business.

• "Finally we have a plan we can work with.  Thanks Del, we never would have made it without you." Two experienced executives launching a freight brokerage business.

• "I would not hesitate to recommend Del ... to anyone seeking professional guidance in making their business grow."  Owner, Retail Business.

• "Del respects and understands the entrepreneur... he led us to focus on the most important issues... professionally delivered."  Entrepreneur, Office Furniture.

• "His experience and expertise were utilized to develop a bullet proof business plan... the business, sales and marketing know-how reflected in the plan will certainly attract new investors."  President, Procurement Services Business.

• "Hey Del, they liked the Plan and we're getting the loans!" Entrepreneurs purchasing an existing business.

I expect to hear the same happy feedback from you after you read the 10-Minute Guide and apply it to your own Business Plan.  It will make a difference.  It's an easy decision. 

AND DID I MENTION IT'S FREE! 

It would normally cost a client anywhere from $2500 to $7500 for the advice in this little booklet.  Of course I would spend a lot more than ten minutes with them, but my hourly rate quickly gets up to those figures.  You can save a lot by reading the Guide before you talk to any professionals about their help. 

You can also avoid the mistake of presenting a Business Plan that turns people off.  It is very difficult to get back in the door after they've thrown you and your Business Plan out. 

Get it right the first time and you will have a much better chance of attracting the financing and strategic partners that you are looking for.

Get better results with "The Complete 10-Minute Guide to Business Plans."

This comprehensive guide can be read in only 10 (or 20) minutes, but you will use it often to prepare an effective Business Plan that gets you what you want. 

No need to look anywhere else. 

You'll get it done and start using your Business Plan for presentation to partners, your bank or new investors.  Just start-up your Word and Excel software, get out the Guide, and you'll soon be in business!

Read, learn, and leap into action! Then good luck with your next successful business venture,

Your Uncle Ralph

Del Chatterson

Email: UncleRalph@DIYBusinessPlan.com