Your business plan should accomplish certain goals: raise money, guide your team, and set strategies for growth. The format of your business plan will help you achieve these goals, so it’s important to think about the plan’s structure as you build it.
There isn’t one right way to organize your plan, but you do need to make sure that it’s professional, includes the information your audience wants to see, and is formatted correctly. If you’re using your business plan to raise money, then your plan needs to impress. If you’re using your plan just for internal use, then maybe you can focus less on the final presentation.
Either way, getting the formatting right for your business plan is important. Here are my top eight tips to make sure your business plan accomplishes what it needs to do.
