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laPLANette, based in Portland, Oregon, uses a Strategic Planning Model to craft a Business Plan that will work for you and
help you achieve your dreams. Wherever you’re at in the life of your business, from
concept to start up to going concern, crafting and maintaining your Business Plan is a primary key to keeping you on the right track and identifying the business financing necessary to maintain your growth. laPLANette offers a variety of Business Planning services to help
you make your dream a reality.
Business Plan – This comprehensive plan gets you focused and energized by:
- Articulating your vision and setting goals for achieving it.
- Identifying key success factors that are mission critical for your business.
- Determining the funding and resources needed to implement your plan.
- Looking strategically at how you will operate your business to reach your goals.
- Analyzing your business model and setting realistic targets for break even, profits, and return on investment.
- Analyzing cash flow, the lifeblood of your business, so that funds are there when you need them.
- Projecting your financial results out 3 to 5 years.
It includes all the information required by lenders and investors to obtain the
funding
you need to move your business forward.
Mini Business Plan – This summarized Business Plan contains all the important
components of a Business Plan without all of the details that banks and investors
need to see. It is a great management tool for you to use to set goals and
measure performance for your growing company.
Financial Plan – A financial plan is a subset of a Business Plan. Your Financial
Plan
will project your results for 3 to 5 years, analyze cash flow and set targets
for
break even and return on investment. If a full Business Plan is more than you
currently need, a Financial Plan is a good place to start.
Performance Review – Periodically reviewing how you’re tracking against the
performance metrics you established in your Plan will help keep you focused and
on
track. A quarterly or semi-annual review of your actual performance versus the
plan
will help you understand what you’re doing right and where you need to make
adjustments.
Business Plan Update – Your Business Plan is a ‘living’ document. As your business
and the business climate around you evolve, your plan needs to evolve with it. An
annual update to your plan is a great way to make sure you continue to stay one
step ahead of the world around you.
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