Business Plan Templates
June 27, 2008
Business plan templates are as varied as the businesses they represent. A presentation for a franchise operation just doesn’t work for “Spectacular Arkansas” magazine.
And that is as it should be.
Each business truly is unique unto itself. Even a street with ten gas stations has ten different gas stations. Some offer diesel; some don’t. Some do repair work; some don’t. Some do towing; some don’t.
Defining your business, and its true potential, is what is termed “defining your niche”. What makes your business unique from all the others? Sit down and have a serious discussion with yourself on this issue. If you nail this one, you are halfway there to your funding.
“Me too” business are typically pretty hard to fund. And they’re not a lot of fun to operate, either. Who wants to have a bakery that offers exactly what the bakery down the street offers? Or a shoe store with the same shoes as the store next door?
Just as you put your personal touch on your business, so shall you put your personal touch on your business plan.
We’ve presented a number of business plan templates for you to choose from. Odds are that none of them is just right. Some are too hard. Some are too soft. Your job is to write the one that is just right.
There are some business plan templates that just don’t sit comfortably in our standard categories. So we have grouped them here for your review. Don’t feel confined to these, however. Take a look around. There may be something that just knocks you over the skull with, “Hey, there’s the business plan template for me!”
