The Business Plan is your roadmap to success for your small business. It describes who you are, what you intend to do, how you intend to do it, and what possible things can get in your way. By taking the time to make a complete business plan, you may save yourself a lot of time and money later on. Additionally, a good business plan is essential for obtaining financing. SCORE can help review your business plan. Additionally, many SCORE offices have business plan software loaded on their office computers that they can demonstrate to you.

Planning Solutions

When you need to write a winning plan in the most efficient way possible, Palo Alto Software has a variety of sample plans, software, tools and resources to help you get the job done right.

Sample Plans

Find a sample plan that matches your business. These samples are brought to you by Palo Alto Software, makers of Business Plan Pro software that helps you create a stellar business plan. more-->

Interactive Calculators

Test out your theories out with these interactive business and marketing calculators to quickly and easily evaluate different aspects of your business. Some of the free calculators include a cash flow calculator, discounted cash flow calculator, break even calculator, starting costs calculator and many other common business calculation tools. more -->

Planning Software

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Free Planning Advice

Get a personalized critique of your business plan from SCORE and the SBDC. Find the closest SCORE chapter to you to get free advice. more--> Find the closest SBDC office to you to get free advice. more-->

The following EXCEL spreadsheets can be useful in performing your financial plan for your business:

12 Month Cash Flow Analysis
Break-Even Analysis
Opening Day Balance Sheet
Start-Up Expenses
Three Year Profit Projections
Loan Amortization Schedule

Some sample Mission Statements from well known companies that might help you think about your own:

• Google - “To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

• 3M - "To solve unsolved problems innovatively.“

• Mary Kay Cosmetics -"To give unlimited opportunity to women.“

• Merck -"To preserve and improve human life.“

• Microsoft - “To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential.”

• Amazon.Com - “To build a place where people can find and discover anything they might want to buy online”

• Wal-Mart - "To give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same thing as rich people.“

• Walt Disney - "To make people happy."

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