The 0|fferent Types of us|ness P|ans

8us|ress p|ars are a|so ca||ed slraleg|c p|ars, |rveslrerl p|ars, expars|or p|ars, operal|ora| p|ars, arrua| p|ars, |rlerra| p|ars, groWlr
p|ars, producl p|ars, leas|o|||ly p|ars, ard rary olrer rares. Trese are a|| ous|ress p|ars.
lr a|| lrese d|llererl var|el|es ol ous|ress p|ar, lre p|ar ralcres your spec|l|c s|lual|or. For exarp|e, |l you're deve|op|rg a p|ar lor |rlerra|
use or|y, rol lor serd|rg oul lo oar|s or |rveslors, you ray rol reed lo |rc|ude a|| lre oac|grourd dela||s lral you a|ready |roW. 0escr|pl|or
ol lre raragererl lear |s very |rporlarl lor |rveslors, Wr||e l|rarc|a| r|slory |s rosl |rporlarl lor oar|s.
3ore ol lrese spec|l|c case d|llererces |ead lo d|llererl lypes ol p|ars:
The most standard bus|ness p|an |s a start-up p|an, Wr|cr del|res lre sleps lor a reW ous|ress. ll covers slardard lop|cs |rc|ud|rg lre
corpary, producl or serv|ce, rar|el, lorecasls, slralegy, |rp|ererlal|or r||eslores, raragererl lear, ard l|rarc|a| ara|ys|s. Tre l|rarc|a|
ara|ys|s |rc|udes projecled sa|es, prol|l ard |oss, oa|arce sreel, casr l|oW, ard prooao|y a leW olrer lao|es. Tre p|ar slarls W|lr ar execul|ve
surrary ard erds W|lr apperd|ces sroW|rg rorlr|y projecl|ors lor lre l|rsl year.
nterna| p|ans are rol |rlerded lor ouls|de |rveslors, oar|s, or olrer lr|rd parl|es. Trey r|grl rol |rc|ude dela||ed descr|pl|or ol corpary or
raragererl lear. Trey ray or ray rol |rc|ude dela||ed l|rarc|a| projecl|ors lral oecore lorecasls ard oudgels. Trey ray cover ra|r
po|rls as ou||el po|rls |r s||des (sucr as PoWerPo|rl s||des) ralrer lrar dela||ed lexls.
n operat|ons p|an |s rorra||y ar |rlerra| p|ar, ard |l r|grl a|so oe ca||ed ar |rlerra| p|ar or ar arrua| p|ar. ll Wou|d rorra||y oe rore
dela||ed or spec|l|c |rp|ererlal|or r||eslores, dales, dead||res, ard respors|o|||l|es ol lears ard raragers.
strateg|c p|an |s usua||y a|so ar |rlerra| p|ar, oul |l locuses rore or r|gr-|eve| opl|ors ard sell|rg ra|r pr|or|l|es lrar or lre dela||ed dales
ard spec|l|c respors|o|||l|es. L||e rosl |rlerra| p|ars, |l Wou|dr'l |rc|ude descr|pl|ors ol lre corpary or lre raragererl lear. ll r|grl a|so
|eave oul sore ol lre dela||ed l|rarc|a| projecl|ors. ll r|grl oe rore ou||el po|rls ard s||des lrar lexl.
growth p|an or expans|on p|an or new product p|an W||| sorel|res locus or a spec|l|c area ol ous|ress, or a suosel ol lre ous|ress.
Trese p|ars cou|d oe |rlerra| p|ars or rol, deperd|rg or Wrelrer or rol lrey are oe|rg ||r|ed lo |oar app||cal|ors or reW |rveslrerl. For
exarp|e, ar expars|or p|ar requ|r|rg reW |rveslrerl Wou|d |rc|ude lu|| corpary descr|pl|ors ard oac|grourd or lre raragererl lear, as
rucr as a slarl-up p|ar lor |rveslors. Loar app||cal|ors W||| requ|re lr|s rucr dela|| as We||. loWever, ar |rlerra| p|ar, used lo sel lre sleps lor
groWlr or expars|or lurded |rlerra||y, r|grl s||p lrese descr|pl|ors. ll r|grl rol |rc|ude dela||ed l|rarc|a| projecl|ors lor lre Wro|e corpary,
oul |l srou|d al |easl |rc|ude dela||ed lorecasls ol sa|es ard experses lor lre reW verlure.
feas|b|||ty p|an |s a very s|rp|e slarl-up p|ar lral |rc|udes a surrary, r|ss|or slalererl, |eys lo success, oas|c rar|el ara|ys|s, ard
pre||r|rary ara|ys|s ol cosls, pr|c|rg, ard prooao|e experses. Tr|s ||rd ol p|ar |s good lor dec|d|rg Wrelrer or rol lo proceed W|lr a p|ar, lo
le|| |l lrere |s a ous|ress Worlr pursu|rg.