Wednesday, May 4, 2011

[Business] Business Plan Formating

BUSINESS PLAN
FORMATTING
We like business plans that present a lot of information in as few words as possible. The following format, within 15-20 slides, is all that’s needed:

COMPANY PURPOSE

  • Define the company/business in a single declarative sentence.

PROBLEM

  • Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer’s customer).
  • Outline how the customer addresses the issue today.

SOLUTION

  • Demonstrate your company’s value proposition to make the customer’s life better.
  • Show where your product physically sits.
  • Provide use cases.

WHY NOW

  • Set-up the historical evolution of your category.
  • Define recent trends that make your solution possible.

MARKET SIZE

  • Identify/profile the customer you cater to.
  • Calculate the TAM (top down), SAM (bottoms up) and SOM.

COMPETITION

  • List competitors
  • List competitive advantages

PRODUCT

  • Product line-up (form factor, functionality, features, architecture, intellectual property).
  • Development roadmap.

BUSINESS MODEL

  • Revenue model
  • Pricing
  • Average account size and/or lifetime value
  • Sales & distribution model
  • Customer/pipeline list

TEAM

  • Founders & Management
  • Board of Directors/Board of Advisors

FINANCIALS

  • P&L
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow
  • Cap table
  • The deal

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