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CHAPTER 13: BUSINESS PLANNING
I love GARRET’S bike shop, or better said: I love the web based LivePlan tool to make a decent business plan for any kind of medium sized organisation, including non-profits and semi/ social-profits.
The tool forces you to be clear on your product, your service, your problem solution, your competitors, your distribution channels and your marketing activities.
This is the base for your financial plan, your funding requirements (grants, shares, loans, equity) and your projections.
LivePlan automatically processes your input for a pitch, detailed financial plan, including depreciations automatic adaptations of fixed costs, interests, redemptions, etc.
LivePlan is, with some online instruction, easy to use. You pay a monthly fee starting from US $20, that can be stopped any moment. You can make your business plan online, with your team. No need to sit down for hours and discuss every single detail at length. Also no need to hire a consultant to do this for you. Become your own boss.
The tool strikes a balance between mission and money. It forces the user to translate intentions into hard figures.
LivePlan can be found at: https://www.liveplan.com
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