Business Plan Review and Assessment

Are you planning to start a business in Canada? If you have never prepared a business plan before, use this Business Plan Outline to get you started.

• The Business Plan Outline describes each section found in a typical business plan, and asks the questions that lenders and investors will want answered before they put any money into your venture.
• It includes concise instructions for each section and is ideal for a first-time business owner.
• The outline also contains a section dealing with Canadian taxes and legal and regulatory requirements.
• This Canada Business Plan Outline form was developed by Brian Robison of BPR Consulting, expert business advisors and trainers.
• Available in MS Word format, fully editable.

Learn how to develop strategic marketing, business and operations plans with this 9-page Guide to Business Planning.

• Some of the topics covered by the how-to guide include:
  • straightforward approaches to strategic and business planning,
  • characteristics of strategic planning vs. operational planning,
  • analysis models (SWOT - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats),
  • what questions to ask when developing your plan,
  • how to prepare operational and investor-oriented business plans.
• Available as a PDF download.

Learn how you can prepare a professional business plan with this step-by-step article, which takes you through the drafting stages to the final printed version:

• what information must be included in the business plan to satisfy the requirements of lenders and investors;
• how your information should be presented;
• what to include in an executive summary;
• how and where to gather industry information;
• how the business plan should be constructed and written;
• who should write the business plan, and why;
• who should review the plan, and why.

How to Prepare a Business Plan is available in MS Word format, and is easy to download and print.

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