A business plan is a document that outlines your business’s financial goals and explains how you’ll achieve them. A strong, detailed plan will provide a road map for the business’s success! Nearly 70% of successful business owners recommend writing a business plan before you start a business, and yet, more than 10% of prospective business owners said they do not intend to write a business plan. Another 10% aren’t sure if they need a plan at all.

It’s more than the old cliché: A failure to plan is a plan to fail. In fact, a wealth of data now exists on the difference a written business plan makes, especially for small or growing companies. When done right, business plans have enormous payoffs.

1. Write an executive summary
2. Describe your company sales plan
3. State your business goals
4. Describe your products and services
5. Do your market research
6. outline your marketing & sales plan
7. Perform a business financial
1. Write an executive summary plan
8. Make financial projections

Speaker Bio:

Nick Hawks is the Founder of 1-2 Teach You Social Commerce & Voted an eBay Education Specialist in Excellence Award Winner by eBay. He is a Power Seller and a Top Rated Plus Seller with over 25 years experience selling on eBay. He is also a small business owner with over 30 years of hard earned experience.

Most of his classes are taught at the North Carolina Community College Small Business Centers. He has taught over 15,000 small business owners at over 40 different North Carolina Community Colleges how to be successful selling online. He can also show you how to utilize Social Media sites, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest & LinkedIn to market your small business on the cheap.