Professional planning and a written business plan can be the roadmap to your success and serve as the groundwork for getting funding.  A professionally written business plan can be the one document an angel investor, venture capitalist or bank must have to provide needed cash to your business.  A written business plan can also outline goals for an existing business for the next 1-3 years and can serve as the roadmap with manageable steps to achieve them.  A business plan can also be a valuable document you show a prospective buyer as part of an exit strategy.

We have worked with businesses on an informal basis helping with general discussions and business planning.  EC has also developed detailed business plans designed to help small businesses get funding, get off the ground and grow.  We do so by first meeting with you and your team to learn about your business.  We perform research and then work together to create effective written strategies to solve your problems and grow your business.

These plans can be brief 3-5 page outlines of short term goals or highly detailed and structured plans that can be 30-40 pages in length.  

They can include:

• Business viability analysis
• Mission and objective development
• Management team
• Personnel plans
• Market analysis, including competitive analysis
• Product & service description
• Operations & implementation
• Marketing plan development and sales strategizing
• Profit and loss analysis
• Financial forecasting
• Capital acquisition suggestions
• Action plans and milestones

Many entrepreneurs and CEO’s end up letting their business run them rather than the other way around.  They find themselves working harder each year to keep up with the daily demands of their company and find little time for figuring out what it is they wish to create, where they want to reach with their business or what steps they need to take to get there.  A critical tool in propelling your business towards growth, rising profit and sustainability is a written business plan.

Most business owners don’t have the time nor experience to write the business plan, and their time can better be spent elsewhere such as driving sales or managing their day-to-day operations.  That’s where we step in.  We’ll work with you to create the detailed plan you need. Once you have in writing what your business is and where you want to take it, you gain clarity, focus and steps that lead to action and success.  When Entrepreneurial Consulting develops a business plan for your organization, we also provide follow up assessments to ensure our suggestions and input succeed over the long term.

We have been involved with business planning and the writing of business plans for clients ranging from a luxury wood decking importer to a start-up, in-office, ergonomic therapy company, to a youth sports fitness business.