Business plan templates
The first step is to find a business plan template to guide you through the process of writing the plan. Here is a list of templates we found on the web:
- inbizvest – we have business plan templates built in
- Teneric – has a number of templates and examples
- Business Plan Pro – Commercial software, see below for more details
- Bank of Scotland – has business plan templates
- Microsoft – has a range of office business templates
Using a template is a great guide but can allow entrepreneurs to fall into the “must follow the template” trap. The template should be a used as a set of possible headings for your plan not must haves, so if you don’t think a particular section should be included then don’t include it. You also don’t need to stick to the order of the template if you think for your business a section is more important and should be read before others then move them about.