How do I use a sample business plan?

The best use of a sample business plan is to scan it, to get some ideas and then to write your own business plan without reference to the sample. A sample business plan should not be used as the basis for which to write your own. The sample business plan could have been written for an entirely different purpose, and in an entirely different context. Similarly how is one to know whether the author was competent, or whether the figures are credible and defensible?

The bottom line is that a sample business plan is good for one purpose – to get a few ideas and also to ensure you understand the sections that are required, their position in the plan and what a business plan looks like. When it comes to writing the business plan – we recommend our product, Business Plan Pro 11.0. Business Plan Pro is the fastest and easiest way to write a business plan and contains over 500 sample business plans.

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