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This business plan has a focus on business opportunities arising from the high-technology sector, though most of the suggested subjects will be common for the commercialisation of products and services from other areas. A business plan for opportunities requiring some element of debt funding may be similar in form but greater emphasis should be placed on the financial information, and the current and future cash flows in particular.  \nTHIS TEMPLATE DOES NOT REPLACE INTERNAL GUIDANCE NOTES FOR  \nINTERNAL APPROVALS.  \nContents  \nGeneral Hints and Tips 1  \nConfidentiality 1  \nBackground to Equity Funding 2  \nProposed layout of Business Plan 3  \n1. The Business Case: Title/Cover Sheet 3  \n2. Executive Summary 3  \n3. Table of Contents 3  \n4. The Business 3  \nA. Description of the Business 3  \nB. Brief Summary of the Market Survey 4  \nC. Competition and SWOT (for each activity) 4  \nD. Operation, Staff and Structure 4  \nE. Collaboration and Partnerships 5  \nF. Marketing & Pricing (for each activity) 5  \n5. Financial Data 6  \nA. Income 6  \nB. Direct Costs 6  \nC. Running Costs 6  \nD. Capital Equipment 6  \n6. Risk Analysis 7  \n7. Action Plan 7  \n8. Appendices-Supporting Data 7  \nA. Patents, IP etc. 7  \nB. Technical standing/papers published 7  \nC. Letters of support from collaborators 7  \nD. Staff CVs 7  \nE. Public sector issues 7  \nF. Letters of support 7  \nG. The future 7  \nH. Detail of market survey 7  \nReferences and Further Reading 8  \nGENERAL HINTS AND TIPS  \nThe business plan is one of the key stages in attracting funding for a venture. It is a mechanism to attract the attention of, and prompt further interaction with, potential investors. The executive summary is fundamental to attracting the attention of potential investors who, due to their exposure to large numbers of business plans, often reject opportunities based on the strength of the executive summary. It is therefore important to ensure that the executive summary is highly polished and well written.  \nThe content of a business plan will evolve over time, and there are few ventures which follow the path predicted in the first business plan, even over the first few years of operation.  \nThe purpose of the business plan is to provide a snapshot which illustrates that there is a market for a product or solution and that the originators of the business plan are in an excellent position to bring the product to market, thereby producing a business with growth potential. The key ingredients of a business plan are outlined in this document.  \nThe plan should be concise but needs to be of sufficient length to provide information on most of the subjects listed in this document. For example, the business plan should be approximately 20 pages in length for relatively simple opportunities requiring around  \n£1 million, excluding the supporting information in the appendices. The author should pay particular attention to the audience for the business plan, pitching the language and technical detail at the appropriate level, ensuring a clear, concise and accessible document.  \nFor most potential investors, the strength of the staff, the management team and the financial projections will outweigh the technical merits of the opportunity. 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