Is Your Service on Track for Financial Success or Failure?
In today's market, a service strategy is one of the most important documents in the development of your company. How can you expect to interact your goals, or to get financier funding without presenting a in-depth company strategy. If you were an financier wanting to invest millions, would you progress without first seeing a business strategy? I doubt it!
As an entrepreneur, I have actually learned this the hard way. Several years ago with my first service in Arizona, I had a excellent idea and no company however the drive plan. We just moved on and 6 months into the business understood we had a lot of problems. It was not that we did refrain from doing our initial research, resources in place, and even a excellent product. If we were doing great or not, we just had no concept. Since we had NO objectives, this is. What made it even worse is we had a prospective investor thinking about our company; however, due to the fact that we did not have a service strategy to share with him it was a major red flag.
No matter the size of your service, having a service strategy provides you with the following:
1) Set specific objectives and figure out how to determine them over the development of your company
2) Address upfront recognized barriers and techniques for handling future barriers
3) Cash circulation and break-even requirements
When considering business decisions, 4) Ability to focus and take full advantage of resources
Before you begin writing your company strategy, consider 4 crucial questions:
1) Where will you get the start up and continuous capital begin your business?
2) What service or product does your company offer and what needs does it complete the market?
3) Who are the potential clients for your product or service and why will they acquire it from you?
4) How will you market or reach to your potential clients?
Components to Include in a Good Business Plan:
1) Cover sheet
2) Statement of function
3) Table of contents
a. Business
i. Description of business
ii. Marketing
iii. Competitors
iv. Operating treatments
v. Personnel
vi. Service insurance
b. Financial Data
i. Loan applications
ii. Capital equipment and supply list
iii. Balance sheet
iv. Breakeven analysis
v. Pro-forma earnings forecasts ( revenue & loss declarations).
3) Three-year summary.
4) Detail by month, first year.
5) Detail by quarters, third and second years.
6) Assumptions upon which forecasts were based.
i. Pro-forma cash flow.
b. Supporting Documents.
7) Tax returns of principals for last three years Personal monetary statement (all banks have these kinds).
8) For franchised businesses, a copy of franchise contract and all supporting files provided by the franchisor.
9) Copy of proposed lease or purchase contract for building area.
10) Copy of licenses and other legal files.
11) Copy of resumes of all principals.
Unless you have actually developed a company strategy in the past, after reading this post you may require some extra help. We got you started; now it's up to you to make those business dreams come true.
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