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Why Every Great Business Starts with a great business plan

Why Every Great Business Starts with a Great Business Plan

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February 12, 2020 //  by Home Jobs By Mom//  6 Comments




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Why Every Great Business Starts with a great business plan

Starting a business can be one of the single most exciting things you ever do. It’s a chance for you to pursue your dreams and accomplish things that you never thought possible. What’s more, it means that you have the freedom to go out and be your own boss, with no-one to answer to but yourself (and possibly any clients you might have). However, as fantastic as starting a business can be, it’s not without its challenges. As you launch your new venture, there are a lot of issues to overcome, from finding the right funding to proving to your customers that you’re worth their hard-earned dollars. That’s one of the reasons why all entrepreneurs need to slow down and start their venture with the right business plan.

Making Sure You Can Make Money

Writing your business plan isn’t the best or most exciting part of becoming an entrepreneur, but it’s one of the most essential. While there are many benefits to having this plan in your hands when the time comes to begin your company, the most important thing that a business plan gives you is information. It shows you that there’s a market out there for whatever you’re selling.

While you can tell yourself that you’ve seen other people buying products and services similar to the ones that you want to provide, you won’t know for sure if you can actually make money until you write a business plan. This plan will force you to examine the earning potential in your industry, see how much competition you’re going to be fighting against, and more. It also means that you can figure out how much money you need to make to break even.

If you go out and do all the research for your business plan and discover that your idea isn’t going to be lucrative, you can stick to your day job and save yourself a lot of heartaches.

Ensuring You Can Get Money


Another crucial reason why every great business starts with a plan is that without it, you’re not going to get the cash you need to raise your idea off the ground. Ultimately, whether you’re applying for money through a business loan, a personal loan via consumer-focused sites, or through money from investors, you’re going to have to prove that you’ve done your research.

Banks and investors need to see your business plan so that they can understand exactly how you’re going to make the cash required to pay them back in the years ahead. A company without a business plan will instantly reject even the smallest loan.

The more time you put into working on your strategy, on the other hand, the more likely it is that you’ll be able to convince the people that you want to fund your endeavors to work with you.

Having a business plan convinces potential investors that you’re less of a risk than you appear. This is important when you’re a brand-new company.

Preparing for the Future


There’s only so far that you can get with your business using passion and inspiration alone. Eventually, you’re going to need to start making some critical decisions. You might need to figure out whether you should be hiring people to join your team. Or you may need to decide whether it’s the right time to expand your business and start looking for new opportunities to earn revenue. It can be challenging to make those decisions on your own – particularly when you don’t have any experience.

However, if you have a business plan already, then you can look back at the goals that you laid out for yourself when you started your company. Those goals can act as useful compasses when you’re trying to make the right choice about your organization’s future. They can also give you an insight into whether you can reasonably afford to take certain risks based on how much you might expect to earn in the immediate future.

What’s more, reviewing your business plan regularly will also act as an extra source of motivation when you need it most. When things aren’t going according to plan, or you’re not sure whether your company is succeeding, you can look at your plan. You’ll be able to see how far you’ve come from when you first started your venture. This will make it easier for you to determine whether you really have the strength to keep going and continue making strides.

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Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.

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  1. Edna Williams

    March 15, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    Starting a business isn’t easy, but have a business plan is crucial! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      April 15, 2020 at 8:37 am

      Yes, having a business plan is a must!

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  2. John Magdesian

    April 9, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    Business plans are a very important part of starting a business and should be taken seriously. They can be fun to create and very effective if research is done well, from what I have heard. They can be expensive if paying a third party firm to create the plan for you. A great,effective, inexpensive business planning software is LivePlan.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      May 11, 2020 at 8:30 am

      I haven’t heard of Live Plan for creating a business plan. We will have to look into it

      Reply
  3. Laura Rubenstein

    September 18, 2020 at 1:04 pm

    YES! planning is essential.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      October 6, 2020 at 10:21 am

      Have you ever started a business? Or wanted to?

      Reply

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