<p>There are many online. I don't recommend any of them, unless you're looking for a structure to guide you through. Business plans must suit the idea, and not otherwise.</p>

<p>You can find generic templates out there, but I believe they should work as a guidelines - i.e., things you should include. But the point of a business plan is to explain everything about an idea/project and explore the outcomes from there. If you are able to explain every single detail of your idea, you'll find some weaknesses - which you must include, of course - and your exercise is now to think about how can you over come those weaknesses. </p>

<p>Some questions for you to consider:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Who are you? Why are you proceeding with this idea?</p></li>
<li><p>What is the idea? What is the product? Why is it so different?</p></li>
<li><p>Where are you/your firm located? Why? Any particular reason? Where should it be located if you could?</p></li>
<li><p>What is your market? Age, type, profession, gender, etc etc</p></li>
<li><p>How do you expect to reach out to those people about the idea? After that, how do you want them to buy your product/service?</p></li>
<li><p>(At this point, you can perform the so-well-known SWOT analysis and other similar matrices (BCG matrix, for instance).</p></li>
<li><p>How are you going to finance yourself? Why? Why or why not loans, business angels, credit, etc etc ? What is your financial strategy? How are you going to manage the (few) cash you will have?</p></li>
<li><p>Are you going to invest on marketing? If so, how, why, why not?</p></li>
<li><p>Okay, you go some sales. What are you going to do with the cash you just earned? Why? For how long are you keeping that strategy</p></li>
<li><p>How are things going to unfold once you get it running? Why? Why not in a totally different way?</p></li>
</ul>

<p>There are no identical business plans. You have to adequate yours to your idea. A quick example: When there is a physical product, you <em>must</em> include the design, explain it, whys and why not. When there is a service, for instance, perhaps it is better to explain why is it different than other solutions (you know, reinventing the wheel, not inventing it).</p>

<p>I hope these will help you work something around.</p>

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<p>i have to do a business plan as an assignment in my computer science engineering school. I'm looking for help .. can anyone provides me with a complete template ? or an example to follow </p>

<p>thanks,</p>

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# Business plan template

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-31)

i have to do a business plan as an assignment in my computer science engineering school. I'm looking for help .. can anyone provides me with a complete template ? or an example to follow

thanks,

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-01. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

There are many online. I don't recommend any of them, unless you're looking for a structure to guide you through. Business plans must suit the idea, and not otherwise.

You can find generic templates out there, but I believe they should work as a guidelines - i.e., things you should include. But the point of a business plan is to explain everything about an idea/project and explore the outcomes from there. If you are able to explain every single detail of your idea, you'll find some weaknesses - which you must include, of course - and your exercise is now to think about how can you over come those weaknesses.

Some questions for you to consider:

* Who are you? Why are you proceeding with this idea?
* What is the idea? What is the product? Why is it so different?
* Where are you/your firm located? Why? Any particular reason? Where should it be located if you could?
* What is your market? Age, type, profession, gender, etc etc
* How do you expect to reach out to those people about the idea? After that, how do you want them to buy your product/service?
* (At this point, you can perform the so-well-known SWOT analysis and other similar matrices (BCG matrix, for instance).
* How are you going to finance yourself? Why? Why or why not loans, business angels, credit, etc etc ? What is your financial strategy? How are you going to manage the (few) cash you will have?
* Are you going to invest on marketing? If so, how, why, why not?
* Okay, you go some sales. What are you going to do with the cash you just earned? Why? For how long are you keeping that strategy
* How are things going to unfold once you get it running? Why? Why not in a totally different way?

There are no identical business plans. You have to adequate yours to your idea. A quick example: When there is a physical product, you *must* include the design, explain it, whys and why not. When there is a service, for instance, perhaps it is better to explain why is it different than other solutions (you know, reinventing the wheel, not inventing it).

I hope these will help you work something around.


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