ION FreshStart Advanced Business Planning contains:
The Business Plan Instructional Guide, the comprehensive Starting Your Business Plan workbook, the detailed Financial Workbook, and Financial Presentation: Tables and Charts document. Also included is the Business Plan Content document which provides proper language and layout, and a Financial Glossary with financial terms and definitions.
Business Plan Instructional Guide
Complete and comprehensive explanation of all components found in a professional business plan. What, when, where, why and how. Everything is thoroughly explained.
Step-by-step guide, showing the proper construction of:
Executive Summary; Mission Statement; Company Summary; Product and Service Description; Pricing and Sales Strategies; Marketing Analysis; Industry Analysis; Competitive Analysis; Target Marketing and Marketing Plans; Operation Plans; and Management Team. Tips on WHY to include certain elements and HOW to draft them in the proper language.
Special Section: Request for Funding
This section assists you with understanding definitions and procedures of funding requests. It also provides Funding Request steps that loan officers and investors want to see.
Special Section: Your Business Online
Website construction, domain name, email, and online advertising. Today's businesses need an impressive online presence. All of this is important information to include in your business plan and we have everything you need to put it all together.
Special Section: Proper Business Plan Format
This section includes tips on business plan presentation and formatting that impresses your reader.
Provided in PDF format for Adobe Reader (or similar)
Business Plan Content Document
This business plan shows you how a business plan reads and looks. Special notes are included for extra instructional assistance. Proper language and layout of a plan are crucial to a business plan's success. This business plan has existing data tables and charts too.
Provided in Word 97-2004+ (Windows, Mac), Pages 2 (Mac)
Starting Your Business Plan
Every section of the business plan is featured in our Starting Your Business Plan document. It prompts you with essentials that you will need in your plan and assists with proper wording and phrasing. Completing this document provides you with draft one of your business plan.
Provided in Word 97-2004+ (Windows, Mac), Pages 2 (Mac)
Financial Workbook
Step-by-Step Guide entering simple data to compile everything you need for your business financials. The Workbook prompts you with fields for the data you need to enter, and all other sections of each worksheet is automatically calculated and formulated.
Required Start-Up Funds, Operating Expenses, Projected Sales Forecast, Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Cash Flow Statements, Break-even Analysis are some of the models you will find in the Workbook.
Provided in Excel 97-2004+ (Windows, Mac), Numbers 2 (Mac)
Financial Presentation: Tables and Charts
Polished and presentable. Financial Presentation allows you to auto-generate color charts and graphs to supplement your financial tables. Easy printing for stand alone presentation or import charts into the business plan document.
Provided in Excel 97-2004+ (Windows, Mac), Numbers 2 (Mac)
