TY - BOOK AU - Barrow, Colin AU - Barrow, Paul AU - Brown, Robert TI - The Business Plan Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating and Developing a Successful Business SN - 9780749481797 U1 - 658.4012 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Kogan Page Limited N1 - PHASE I: Strategy and purpose 1. Coming up with a winning idea for your business plan 2. Strategy – the big picture 3. You and your team PHASE II: Market research 4. Researching customers 5. Researching competitors 6. A plan for market research PHASE III: Competitive marketing strategies 7. Products and/or services 8. Pricing 9. Advertising and promotion 10. Place and distribution 11. People, Process and Physical Environment 12. Competing online PHASE IV: Operations and staffing 13. The selling methods plan 14. Making, outsourcing and supplies 15. People and related matters 16. Legal and regulatory factors 17. Communication systems PHASE V: Reviewing financing requirements and options 18. The sales forecast 19. Cash-flow projections 20. The profit and loss account 21. The balance sheet 22. Break-even analysis 23. Estimating financing requirements 24. Stress testing your business projections PHASE VI: Business controls 25. Financial controls 26. Sales and marketing controls 27. Other business controls 28. Planning for growth PHASE VII: Writing up and presenting your business plan Introduction 29. Writing up and presenting your business plan ER -