What really works, to get the most out of your money and my time, is if you do the plan and I help, look over your shoulder maybe, ask some questions, make some suggestions … but all with the understanding that it’s your plan, not mine, and the plan means nothing two weeks after it’s done. Business planning, yes — business planning is vital — but a plan, as a document, is obsolete as soon as it’s finished. And it should never be finished. I can help you with your business planning at various price levels beginning with free…
Consulting:
$300 per hour for consulting on startups, entrepreneurship, business planning, etc. Click here for more information…
Real Review:
What I do is a comprehensive business plan review. You might even call it “real edit.” The deliverable includes a marked-up and commented-on copy of the document, plus a long email from me detailing suggestions and my view of the plan’s suitability for business management, backing up a loan application, or for seeking investment. And I only do this for business plans sent to me as Business Plan Pro (bpdx) files or exported from Liveplan.com. Click here for more information …
Real numbers:
This is an interactive job, working with you, to develop realistic and credible business planning projections including sales, cost of sales, expenses, profit or loss, balance sheet, and — by far the most important — cash flow projections. It’s not magic; it’s still just an educated guess. But I’ve had a lot of experience with this, and I can help you get numbers based on specific assumptions, measurable, and as credible as projected numbers get. Aside from piecing apart the assumptions, I can also help you find industry profiles for reality checks against standards for gross margin, net profits, and so forth.
Realize, of course, that your projections will still be wrong. It’s not about guessing right. Instead, it’s a matter of connecting dots and making reasonable assumptions, which you can then pull apart and use to track plan vs. reality, so that as time goes on you have something you can review, revise, and manage.
Speaking and workshops:
From an hour or so on business planning or starting a business to half-day, full-day, and day-and-a-half business planning workshops, I do a fair amount of speaking to groups in person and in webinars. Click here for more information…
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