Write Your Own Business Plan? Or Get it Professionally Written?
                     WRITE YOUR OWN  
BUSINESS PLAN? OR 
GET  IT 
PROFESSIONALLY  
WRITTEN?
THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME CASES WHERE  
WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN YOURSELF IS  
PREFERABLE AND OTHERS WHERE AN EXPERT  
THIRD PARTY MAY ADD VALUE TO THE 
PROCESS
Writing your 
business  plan 
yForo mui c rro  sbuseinelsfses raising smal l  amoun ts  of inves tment  (say under
£50 ,000 )  th is is l ikely t o  be  t he  best  approach .  Apar t  f r o m  any th ing   
else i t  doesn ' t  m a k e  sense spend ing  10% or 15% of t he  funds you are  
t ry ing to  raise on  ge t t i ng  someone  to  he lp  you wr i te  a plan! Most  h igh  
 street banks offer on - l ine appl icat ions or sof tware temp la tes  to  he lp  
 you. Just beware  t ha t  you may  have to  repeat  t he  app l i ca t ion  
process  several t imes  in  d i f ferent  f o rma t  if you don ' t  have a s tand -
alone  business plan .
When selecting business plan writing  
services there are a few good 
guidelines  worth following:
Commercial Experience
Track Record 
 Pricing  
Ownership
Funding
Commercia
l  
TEhe xabipl i ty  et o  rwrii tee  wne l lc is neo t  e n ou g h  to  m a k e   
your p lan  investable - th is is n o t  s imply  a copy   
w r i t i ng  exercise. If you are go ing  to  secure funds 
 you need  to  cons t ruc t  a business case t h a t   
in tegrates al l  c o mm e rc i a l  aspects of your  
business. So, be  sure t h a t  t he  peop le  w r i t i ng   
your p lan  have several years of senior  
c o m me rc i a l  exper ience - t he  broader  t he  
better .   This c o mm e rc i a l  exper ience shou ld  
i nc lude   b u d g e t i n g  or forecast ing - your 
f inancials are a  cr i t ical  par t  of  your  plan..
Pricing
Services range f r o m  a round  £2 ,000 for smal l   
start -ups upwards  to  £15,000 for larger  
corpora te  plans. As w i t h  m o s t  things ,  you ge t   
w h a t  you pay for an d  the  pr ice  general ly  ref lects 
 t he  comp lex i t y  of t he  business mode l .  Make  
sure you ask for a speci f ic proposal  t h a t  out l ines 
 exact ly w h a t  you are go ing  to  ge t  for your  
money ,  t he  t imesca le  a n d  price . Consider  
"virtual services" ra ther  t h an  "face- to- face"  
consul tants  t o  reduce your costs b u t  n o t  t he   
qua l i ty  of  work .
Ownership
one po ten t ia l  d isadvantages of hav ing a p lan   
w r i t t en  for you are t h a t  you w i l l  n o t  "own" t he   
business p lan  a n d  be  to ta l ly  fami l iar  w i t h  it. So,  
ensure t h a t  you are ful ly involved in  t he  process 
 a n d  t h a t  there  is t i m e  schedu led  for you to   
review a n d  discuss the  f inancia l  forecast an d   
w r i t t en  p lan  w i t h  whoever  is w r i t i ng  the  p lan  for 
 you.
Fundin
Hgave plans t ha t  they have created secured  
fund ing?  Whi ls t  f u n d i ng  depends  on  a w i d e   
variety of factors a n d  n o t  just t he  qual i ty  of t he   
business p lan  (state of t he  market ,  avai labi l i ty  
of  capi tal ,  produc t ,  service, proposi t ion ,   
m a n a g e m e n t  t e a m  etc.) any special ist  service  
shou ld  be  able to  q u o t e  a few  examples where  
 the i r  p lans have he lped  to  secure funds .
Track 
MR a ne y bc u  os i nr ed s s p  l a n  a r e c o n  f i d  e n  
 s o d  o sn  o t e x p  e c t t  o t  i a l  s e e m  a n  y
e x a m  p  l e s .H o w  e v e r , c o m  p  
s h  o u  l d b  e aa  nb  il  ee st  o p  r o v i d  e w  r i t  t  e 
na n  d a t  t  r i b  u  t  a b  l e t  e s t  
i m  o n  i a l s f r o m   c l i e n  t  s .
For m o s t  peop le  w h o  d o  n o t  possess exper ience of w r i t i ng   
business plans you m a y  improve  your chances of secur ing  
f u n d i ng  by engag ing  a special ist w r i t i ng  service to  he lp  you  
create a plan .  However ,  m a k e  sure you are ful ly involved in   
t he  process - you need  to  o w n  the  p lan  at  t he  e n d  of t he  day 
 a nd  k n o w  i t  ins ide ou t  a n d  backwards  - your  fu tu re  is in  
your  hands n o t  theirs!
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