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Covers personal fit, motivations, mission and long-term vision, measurable goals and milestones, petroleum industry analysis, and a full marketing plan including market sizing, customer profiling, economics, and competitive strategy. Includes operational planning for legal, health, insurance, personnel, inventory, and management roles, plus financial planning with funding sources, projections, and required loan intent attachments.","Comprehensive Business Plan\nService Station Name\nDate\nPrimary Applicant Name\nBusiness Partner Name\nEntity Name\nInstructions\nThe value of a business plan lies in the process of researching and thinking about your business in a systematic way.\nIt takes time now, but avoids costly, perhaps disastrous, mistakes later.\nUse this mandatory template as a minimum requirement to build your comprehensive business plan.  All sections must be covered.\nEach of the following pages contains some questions that you must answer under each heading. Use these questions to prompt your thoughts and to provide structure.\nContents\nIntroduction\nGoals and Milestones\nIndustry\nMarketing Plan\nOperational Plan\nManagement\nFinancial Plan\nService Station SWOT Analysis\nFinal Notes / Attachments\nIntroduction\nWho are you? (Education, qualifications, experience, strengths weaknesses etc.)\nWhy do you want to own an Engen service station?\nWhy are you suited to this type of venture?\nThe long hours demanded of you in this business will affect your personal and family life.  How will you cope with this?\nGoals and Milestones\nYour mission statement?\nReason for the service station’s existence, core purpose and guiding principles.\nYou goals for the station?\nWhere you want your service station to be in the long-term (e.g. to be a healthy, successful service station that is a leader in customer service and that has a loyal customer following).\nYour milestones to meet goals?\nProgress markers along the way to goal achievement (e.g. annual sales targets, measures of customer satisfaction).\nIndustry\nDescribe the petroleum industry.\nWhat changes do you see in the industry, short term and long term?\nHow will you take advantage of these changes?\nWho are your competitors? 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