Business plan template: PowerPoint

Hello. This is Irino, a strategy consultant.

I’ll explain about business plan template and provide business plan template for downloading.

Do’s & Don’ts for Beginners

■　Voice your opinion loud and clear

Bad example:
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Better example:
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Slide title “Market Analysis” should be smaller. What you want to emphasize here is not “I analysed the market”. You should write your message explicitly in the largest font size. Don’t expect your readers to analyse your graph. They are not kind enough to bother to intepret charts and graphs in favor of you.

Do’s & Don’ts for Intermediate Entrepreneurs

■　Don’t expect industry-specific templates

Some people ask for a template specialized for a particular industry. Such a template is convenient if any. But one of the purposes of business plan is to demonstrate your ability to think out of the box from scratch. If you copy other’s plan, it smells. Industry-specific solution is not enough. You need company-specific solution.

Do’s & Don’ts for the Master Class Entrepreneurs

■　Don’t waste your time on work sheets

Some business plan workshops recommend you write work sheets before writing business plan. But worksheets are for beginners. Busy entrepreneurs don’t have to waste time on writing documents that are not deliberable.

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