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The Business Plan

A company's business plan is what lenders such as banks use in deciding to lend you money. It's the main company document that your employees — and you — use to gauge your company's success and to make decisions about what you should do first, second, or not at all.

If you're starting a home-based business on a shoestring, some of these suggestions probably aren't necessary, but you still should create a plan that outlines your goals, expected costs, marketing plan and exit strategy. A business plan is your road map for how you expect to succeed and how you'll measure success. To develop a good plan, you need to write down the answers to quite a few questions.
Business Plan
WorkbookBusiness Plan Workbook
The Ottawa Entrepreneurship Centre's professional staff have designed a workbook for you to use as a guideline for writing your own business plan.

Caution: Utilizing a template or a software program to craft a business plan may make it simpler to put a business plan together, but there are limitations when it comes to creating a unique presentation. This lack of uniqueness can be a problem when a business wants to stand out to potential lenders and investors. Thus, while these business plan tools can be useful in putting a preliminary business plan together, they are not always useful in the long term.

Canada BusinessCanada Business
Business Planning Basics SeminarBusiness Planning Basics Seminar
BPlans.com BPlans.com
Handbooks
  • A compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America (9 volumes available at the Small Business Centre Library).
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