The mother of all business plan templates

To write or not to write a business plan, when to write a business plan, these are some of the questions that I come across a lot. According to just under 90% of the 100+ founders of web biased technology companies that we have interviewed, you should not focus on writing a business plan… especially when you are in the infant stages of your company’s life cycle. The reason is that when you are starting a company there are far more pressing things to focus on than writing a detailed business plan with a well thought out financial forecast that has no real chance of being even close to accurate. There are really two good alternatives to writing a business plan 1) Write a business model, this idea is championed by Guy Kawasaki or 2) The Lean Startup process, coined by Eric Ries.

The true value of the business plan template below is not in filling it out but thinking about the points of focus and using them as areas to keep in mind and refer back to as you spend your time building your company. Also, writing a super light version of a business plan or an Executive Summary can really help you find better ways to voice what you do as a company. However, if you feel that you do need a thorough business plan, this is as detailed a template as you can get.

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