Business Plan Advice

How to Choose a Business Plan Consultant

If you don’t have experience in writing a business plan, you can speak to a consultant, but choose a solution suited to your needs.

Business Plan Tools

When launching a business it is more important than ever to put together an accurate business plan.

Should you Write a Business Plan?

Is writing a business plan a vital ingredient to start-up success or a waste of time? New research gives new insight into the business plan debate.

Must-Haves for your Business Plan

Answering these questions periodically can help keep long-term goals in mind while you adjust your immediate steps and actions.

The Living Business Plan

Your business plan should be both functional and a tool for managing your business growth.

The One-Paragraph Start-Up Plan

Use these five steps to write a practical business plan to launch a new company quickly.

The ABCs of Business Planning

It’s the small things that make a big difference when you are building and selling a business plan for a new start-up.

Write Your Business Plan, But Do So in Pencil

The smartest entrepreneurs plan on growing and are prepared for change and it starts and ends with your business plan.

Enablis: Best Advice on Writing 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.

Old Mutual: Best Advice on Writing Your Business Plan

André Diederichs, Old Mutual’s SMME specialist, offers his advice to Entrepreneur on how best to write your business plan.

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.

Determining The Purpose of Your Business Plan

Create your business plan for the all-important purpose of determining the sustainability of your venture.

Advice From Business Plan Experts

In our quest to bring you the most thorough and up-to-date information on how to prepare the ideal business plan, Entrepreneur surveyed the country’s top finance institutions and entrepreneurial experts.

Make Your Business Plan Stand Out

Entrepreneurial start-up expert, Greg Fisher, highlights the key components of a great business plan.

Cut Down the Length of Your Business Plans

Verbose, effusive and rambling business proposals are a thing of the past.

Rethink the Step-by-Step Approach to Business Plans

The step by step approach to writing a business plan is a good start, but you need to be realistic about its long-term effectiveness.

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

Nervous About Writing Your Business Plan?

If the thought of putting pen to paper unnerves you, know that your business plan is less about perfect prose and more about the bottom line.

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.