{"id":1287,"date":"2013-09-10T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2013-09-11T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T12:45:10","slug":"a-vision-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"A vision for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Company Needs a Plan for Building a Successful Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step One: Write a business plan\/a core plan that includes these main content categories:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Executive Summary: One-page describing your mission, your goals, the status of the marketplace, and why your plan works…<\/li>\n
  2. Company Description: Staff, current revenue levels, a comprehensive look at products, and basic financial results…<\/li>\n
  3. Market Research: Data that shows there is a want and a need for the products and\/or services you are proposing.<\/li>\n
  4. Net New Products: A detailed list of those products and services, and the training needed to bring them to market…<\/li>\n
  5. Marketing and Sales Plan: A list of sales milestones in order to measure progress, and a proper marketing plan with examples of steps you will need to take to drive and support sales, and actually hit those milestones.<\/li>\n
  6. Financial Projections: Copies of current and proposed [pro forma] documents, including profit and loss worksheets, cash-flow models, and balance sheets. Each of these documents should show a different set of results, before and after… Costs of equipment and infrastructure purchases should be included as well…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This list of requirements, will, for instance, help somebody from a banking institution (or an “other” party) understand your business. In the end, as long as you have compelling documentation showing a core market need, a fair amount of cash left over at the end of the day, and growth potential over time, you stand a good chance of obtaining financing, support, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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