How to Write a Business Plan Quickly: Tom & Jerry’s Executive Summary (video 2)

UPDATE: Since this post was written I’ve added a full resource section to the blog with a business plan template, more videos and tutortials. Check it out!

If you work for an entrepreneur in start-up mode, you know there’s never enough time in the day to do wasteful (read: corporate) tasks like write a business plan. That is, until someone with a checkbook asks to see a copy. For start up businesses, this is a must! For example, consulting about financial support and bank accounts, and perhaps applying for a loan such as a usda loans florida or wherever your location, to help you get set up. But of course, even once your down and settled into business life, you still need to plan ahead for the future, and there really should be some time set apart to write a business plant to enable you to do this.

How to Write a Business Plan Video Series
This video series is designed to help you understand which sections of the business plan you need to focus on and which you should ignore. Using the fictional company, How to Build a Better Mousetrap, Inc., and Tom & Jerry as prototypical entrepreneurs, the video series gives you tips, sample copy, and a cheese trail (heavy on the cheese) to help you race through the business plan maze.

Before You Start
Be sure to watch the Before You Start Video for some important tips that may save you a lot of time. (And yes, you should watch that video first, hence all the mentions of “before.”)

There are six videos in the series:

• (The much talked about) Before You Start
• (Above video) Executive Summary & Business Description
• (The next video) Product or Service Description
• (The next, next video) Marketing Strategy
• (You get the trend, right?) Operations
• (Final video) Financials

Hope you find the videos helpful. If you have questions, or want feedback on a section of a business plan you’re working on, send it over! I’ve got nothing but time.

No, seriously, send it over.