Introduction to entrepreneurship/BMAN111/Planning/Templates
Fortunately, for new entrepreneurs, there is plenty of free advice on the internet about how to produce a business plan. This includes templates for you to adapt and fill in with your own information and examples of completed business plans for different types of business, to give you inspiration.
Here are two resources to get you started:
Note that there are different types of business plan for different purposes - some of these are summarised in this article: 6 Types of Business Plans. As you read through any sample business plan, think about what type of business plan each one is. In this learning pathway, we are focusing on plans that are appropriate for a small, start-up business.
We suggest that you spend at least an hour reading and comparing templates and examples, including searching for ones for the resource bank activity below. This is important preparation for the learning challenge for this learning pathway - and for the assessment for this micro-course if you choose to take it.