{"id":6054,"date":"2017-04-01T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=6054"},"modified":"2017-04-01T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T14:07:02","slug":"how-to-develop-a-good-business-plan-that-brings-you-the-right-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-develop-a-good-business-plan-that-brings-you-the-right-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Solid Business Plan That Secures the Right Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-develop-a\u2026he-right-funding\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/how-to-develop-a\u2026he-right-funding\/\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digitaldjtips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/business-plan.jpg\" alt=\"\u0646\u062a\u064a\u062c\u0629 \u0628\u062d\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u202agood business plan\u202c\u200f\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Everyone involved in business agrees on the importance of having a business plan to secure funding. Companies funded by friends <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and family may not need a business plan. But if you approach venture capitalists, commercial banks, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">government-backed lenders, or most angel investors, you will need a business plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u0644\u0645 \u062a\u0639\u062f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-develop-a\u2026he-right-funding\/\">\u062e\u0637\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644<\/a> Today, a business plan doesn\u2019t need to be 20 to 30 pages long as it did in the past. The shorter it is, the more likely it is to be read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u201cWilliam Bygrave\u201d\u2014Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship at Babson College in the United States and a longtime entrepreneurship researcher\u2014urges <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Long\u2014a write-up of no more than five pages on income, cash flow, and balance sheets, without including any figures <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">It\u2019s difficult to explain right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Whether business plans today are long or short, detailed or brief and simple, they will always contain the same elements, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u0641\u064a\u0645\u0627\u00a0\u064a\u0644\u064a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-develop-a\u2026he-right-funding\/\"> Business Plan Contents<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><b>\u2013 Setting goals<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">It is important to clarify the company\u2019s area of expertise and the products or services it offers. You should also envision where the company will be in five years,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and answer the most important question of all: what is the company\u2019s growth potential, and when is that growth expected to happen?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The company\u2019s strategy should also be clarified: is it based on acquisition and exit, or on going public?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Answering these questions is an integral part of creating a successful business plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><b>\u2013 Funding goals<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The business plan should explain in detail what funding can do for the company and how it can help achieve the desired growth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and serves its goals. The amount of funding the entrepreneur needs should also be clearly stated. Entrepreneurs often believe they can finance <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">may grow through generating profits, but this rarely happens, because operating costs usually have to be paid to suppliers before customers pay the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If the business plan will be used to secure funding, the focus should be on clearly explaining the executive summary, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">management, and the financial and marketing aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If the entrepreneur is seeking a bank loan, they will need to demonstrate that they can generate enough cash flow <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0644\u062a\u0633\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0648\u0636.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">For investors, particularly venture capitalists, it is important to show how they will benefit from the company and that the return on <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">investment will be worthwhile for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><b>\u2013 Assessing the Company\u2019s Potential<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">One of the most important uses of a business plan is to identify the company\u2019s tangible and intangible assets, such as its assets and brand <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">equity. It also helps determine when returns will be generated, when the company will break even, and when it will begin to make a profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A business plan should also explain how expected profits will be distributed, the size of salaries, and the company\u2019s monthly and annual obligations, as well as identify the project\u2019s <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">strengths and weaknesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Finally, entrepreneurs should specify how much equity they are willing to give up, as this is directly linked to their control over decision-making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u064a\u062a\u0641\u0642 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0646\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0628\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u062d\u0648\u0644 \u0623\u0647\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0636\u0639 \u062e\u0637\u0629 \u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0644\u062a\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0635\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062a\u0645\u0648\u064a\u0644. \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u064a\u0645\u0648\u0644\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u062f\u0642\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0626\u0644\u0629 \u0631\u0628\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u062e\u0637\u0629 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[3040,9909,778,6425,9910,2718,781,2027,9911,7104,9912,3050,2599,783,1083,1320,8786,9913,3706,1924,9914,9915,9,341,13,373,21,374,226,42,240,411,415,135,6557,138,9916,7610,4988,794,9917,24,48,18,798,6565,9918,5842,9919,9920],"class_list":["post-6054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-3040","tag-9909","tag-778","tag-6425","tag-9910","tag-2718","tag-781","tag-2027","tag-9911","tag-7104","tag-9912","tag-3050","tag-2599","tag-783","tag-1083","tag-1320","tag-8786","tag-9913","tag-3706","tag-1924","tag-9914","tag-9915","tag-9","tag-341","tag-13","tag-373","tag-21","tag-374","tag-226","tag-42","tag-240","tag-411","tag-415","tag-135","tag-6557","tag-138","tag-9916","tag-7610","tag-4988","tag-794","tag-9917","tag-24","tag-48","tag-18","tag-798","tag-6565","tag-9918","tag-5842","tag-9919","tag-9920"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}