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It enables you to review your business in a systematic as well as critical way. It may seem rather frivolous at the beginning, but it definitely avoids costly, perhaps detrimental mistakes later.  \nYour plan is by far the most important marketing tool for soliciting any kind of business development or financial support through effective presentation to investors, bankers or any business collaborators. Your business potential is often judged by appearance of your plan and the strength of your ideas.  \nHow to write a Business Plan for a Startup Business?  \nA business plan consists of a narrative and a few financial worksheets, all edited into a smooth-flowing document. Use experts’ assistance, particularly for financial workings, if possible.  \nAll businesses have peculiarities; therefore choose and emphasize on areas of importance depending upon your type of business (manufacturing, trading, services, etc.), see the attached guidelines for different types.  \nTo Start Writing your Business Plan and to structure your report, start with establishing a table of content; Use a standard format, for instance the following:  \nI . Table of Contents  \nI. Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 2  \nII. Brief Description of Project .................................................................................................................. 3  \nIII. Marketing Plan ......................................................................................................................................... 3  \nIV. Operational Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 5  \nV. Management and Organization ............................................................................................................. 6  \nVI. Startup Expenses and Capitalization .................................................................................................... 6  \nVII. Financial Plan ........................................................................................................................................... 6  \nVIII. Appendices ............................................................................................................................................. 13  \nIX. Refining the Plan ................................................................................................................................... 14  \nII . Brief Description of Project  \nThis is an introductory description of project, which is normally a statement of facility to be established with concise description of product or service at a defined location, details of which will come later in the Business Plan. Please use the same as you would do in your ‘Banks application form’. An example would be:  \n‘Pretty Garments’, a Garments design, stitching and marketing facility, with a workshop and showroom, producing two pairs of embroidered ladies suits per day. The workshop and showroom, in two separate rented premises, at Kot Lakhpat and Model Town, with a total area of approximately 750 sq ft.  \nIII . Marketing Plan  \nInvestors consider this as the most important aspect of your plan, allowing them to assess your entrepreneurial strengths. You are advised to think through and present it preferably as follows:  \nProduct  \nDescribe your products and services by features and narrate benefits from your customer's point of view, that is, what will the product do for the customer?  \nFor example, a ‘designer garment’ is made with certain materials and has a certain design; those are its features. 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