4 Big Fat Business Plan Lies
Get past these four myths and learn what a business plan is at its simplest.

Business Idea Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet will help you analyse your new business idea and determine how successful you will be if you enter a given business and sell a given product.

Competitor Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet will help you define your competitors, pin-point their present position and outline their strengths and weaknesses.

Creating a Sales Forecast for your Business Plan
Follow these tips to learn how to develop sales projections for your business plan.

Cut Down the Length of Your Business Plans
Verbose, effusive and rambling business proposals are a thing of the past.

Describing the Business Concept Worksheet
Utlising this worksheet will assist you to outline the basics of your business: the overall concept, industry you will operate in, customers you will serve.

Enablis: Best Advice on Building Your Business Plan
Martin Feinstein, CEO of Enablis South Africa, the drivers of the annual Launch Pad business plan competition, had this advice to share on the do’s and don’ts of writing a business plan.

HBD Venture Capital: Do’s and Don’ts of the Business Plan
Venture capital expert Keet van Zyl of HBD Venture Capital offers this advice to individuals writing a business plan in order to get funding.

Identifying Competitive Advantages Worksheet
What are your competitive advantages? Use this worksheet to help you figure them out.

Industry Analysis Worksheet
Use this checklist to help you define your position in your industry and identify possible niche markets for your product.

Nervous About Writing Your Business Plan?
If the thought of putting pen to paper unnerves you, know that your plan is less about perfect prose and more about the bottom line.

Old Mutual: Best Advice on Building Your Business Plan
André Diederichs, Old Mutual’s SMME specialist, offers his advice to Entrepreneur on how best to build you business plan.

Product Marketability Analysis Score Sheet
Find out whether your product is marketable.

Raizcorp: Business ‘Think’ has to come before the Business ‘Plan’
Allon Raiz, CEO of Raizcorp, doesn’t believe in business plans – he believes in business think. The point is that it’s not the plan itself which determines whether a business will succeed or fail – it's the calibre of the individual who has to make that plan work.

Rethink the Step-by-Step Approach to Business Plans
This strategy is a good start, but you need to be realistic about its long-term effectiveness.

Step by Step Guide: How to Write a Business Plan
There are ten basic elements that must be covered when writing a business plan. They include an overview, executive summary; general company description; the opportunity; industry and market; your strategy; the team; a marketing plan; operational plan; financial plan and an appendix.

The Numbers in Your Business Plan
Do words like "cash flow," "balance sheet" and "sales forecast" make you cringe? Our business plan coach walks you through the figures you need to make your business plan count

Writing an Executive Summary
Confused about what an executive summary is – and how long it should be? Our business plan coach sets the record straight.

Writing the Franchise Business Plan
The five main elements every franchise business plan should have.