Vikrant 01:50 am | Enter 2012, a year with mixed hopes for businesses, both small and large.  Whether the economic scenario will improve or deteriorate in 2012 isn’t very clear yet; however, there is now a strong focus on small businesses and how important they are for economic growth and generating jobs for people.…

Vikrant 06:35 pm | When thinking of writing a business plan for small business, most entrepreneurs are faced with the question, “How to Write a Business Plan?”  The answer lies in knowing your business inside out and knowing the structure of a good business also called business plan outline.  Here we present an easy…

Vikrant 03:33 am | You will need to create the operating plan section while writing a business plan, especially if your small business is into manufacturing a product.  It makes sense to create an operating plan for other business types too because it gives you a visibility into entire process of running your business…

Vikrant 01:22 am | Most small business owners dread working on the financial plan and often tend to ignore the financial management section of small business plan.   Financial management, however, is one of the critical activities in a small business.  If you are writing the business plan to raise funds for your small business,…

Vikrant 12:32 am | A small business marketing plan or the marketing and sales section of the business plan provides an overview of the industry in which your business exists and competes with other players, the potential customers and how you plan to promote, distribute and sell your product or service to them.  This…

Vikrant 02:41 am | If you intend to use your business plan for raising funds, the management and organization structure section will be the most important section that you will write.  The management section is often the first section that investors look at while reading a plan.  Investors give a lot of value to…