1.1.Start with the cover page. Provide the business name, street address, telephone number, Web address (if any), name(s) of owner(s) of the business, and the date the plan is issued.
1.2.Next, provide background information on the company and include the general nature of the business: retailing, manufacturing, or service; what your product or service is; what is unique about it; and why you believe that your business will be successful.
1.3.Then include a summary statement of the business’s financial needs, if any. You probably will need to revise your financial needs summary after you complete a detailed financial plan later in Part 6.
1.4.Finally, include a statement of confidentiality to keep important information away from potential competitors.
1.5.Describe the number of skilled and non skilled jobs the business will create, and indicate how purchases of supplies and other materials can help local businesses.
1.6.Next, describe how providing needed goods or services will improve the community and its standard of living.
1.7.Finally, state how your business can offer attractive wages; develop new technical, management, or leadership skills; and provide other types of individual growth.