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Build a Profitable Business Plan in 2 Hours
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About Build a Profitable Business Plan in 2 Hours
Introduction: 2 hours and 10 pages? Yup.
Why are most business plans 50 pages?
Who is your business for?
What is the value of $1?
Exercise 1: Create a Mission, Vision, Values Document
What is a Market Topography Guide?
Exercise 2: Create a Market Topography Guide
What is your scope?
Exercise 3: Create a Scope Statement
Peer Review Is Important
Financial Plan Overview
Exercise 4: Create a Financial Plan
Marketing systems overview
Exercise 5: Create a Marketing Plan
Wrap-up and A Note On Timing
What You Will Learn?
- The average business plan is about 30-50 pages according to the Small Business Association. Yikes!.
- If you’re a freelancer or solopreneur, writing 50 pages about your business and all the things you “plan” to do will take up so much time you’ll have none left to find clients!.
- What if you could create everything you needed to effectively guide your business with just 10 pages in around 2 hours?.
- It’s time to get real. Bootstrapping freelancers and solopreneurs don’t need crazy-long documents. What they need are actionable plans like trail maps that point you in the right direction. When’s the last time you saw a 50-page trail map?.
- In this class, we’ll cover the 5 most important planning documents you need to have at the start of your business: a 1 page financial plan, a 2-3 page marketing plan, a 2-3 page market topography guide, a 1-2 page statement of services/pricing/scope, and a 1-page mission/vision/values statement. As a special bonus, I've also included my marketing campaign planning template..
- For our math-challenged friends, that’s about 10 pages MAX. I’ll guide you through each step in the process, walking you through the exact same documents I’ve created for my own business..
- And, just like how trail maps don’t stay valid forever, your business plan sure won’t either. Everything we create will be designed to last about 6-months before you’ll want to review and update..
- Ready to have a business plan that’s both useful and makes sense? Let’s get started..
- PS - for extra help and support while working through the exercises, please join my BrainyBiz Facebook Group!.
- Who is this guy and what does he know about business?I’m Nick Armstrong: the Geek-in-Chief behind WTF Marketing, dad, author, Ignite, PechaKucha, Startup Week, and TEDx speaker, audio drama enthusiast, and award-winning entrepreneur. Through WTF Marketing and partner organizations, I’ve served a wide array of happy clients ranging from mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 100’s over the last 10 years. I’ve co-organized community events like Fort Collins Comic Con, Startup Week Fort Collins, TEDxFoCo, Ignite Fort Collins, LaidOffCamp/CareerCamp, PodCamp Fort Collins, and more. My local efforts landed me a prestigious spot as one of BizWest’s 40 Under Forty for 2016 and the Colorado Association of Libraries’ Library Community Partnership Award in 2018..
- If you're launching something new, my classes can help you:.