Develop a calendar for
target dates for completion of
business plan by segment. 30 days is a reasonable amount of time to complete your plan. Most business plans take between 40 to 120 hours to complete. Allow two weeks for others to review
plan and give you their suggestions for improvements and then an additional week to incorporate those improvements into your business plan, and for a final read through and proofing.You can work on more than one part of
business plan at
same time. You can research say, competition while you write
industry section.
Assuming you start
business plan on October 1, your calendar could look something like this:
October 1 Day 1 Start Business Plan and Business Plan Accomplishments Calendar
Day 2 Begin Industry and Economic Review Research
Day 4 Complete Historical Background of
Company Section You already know most of
information about
historical background of your own company, it should be a matter of consolidating
information, editing it and then polishing. You can probably write this in just a few hours.
Day 6 Complete Industry and Economic Review
Day 7 Begin Competition Analysis Research
Day 9 Complete Management Section Most entrepreneurs know who their management team will be, or what gaps they have in their management team, so this section is relatively easy.
Day 10 Complete Business Model Section Again, you should have this pretty well defined just by having determined that you?re going to start
company.
Day 11 Begin Research to determine pricing, costs, and processes for
product section
Day 12 Complete Product/Service Segment The product section is usually one of
easiest for entrepreneurs.