I did a business plan myself last year. The most time consuming part for me was putting together a cashflow chart.
I would suggest going to www.sba.gov. It has a metric crapton of info on assembling a business plan and getting funding.
Aside from working to start my own business, I've worked in a small business as the owner's right-hand man for almost two years now, and from what i've gathered there are three things that customers and clients respond to:
1. Friendly service--this makes people want to give you business
2. Prompt service--when a customer makes a request, do not wait, attend to it there and then. People are used to slow service, so if you are consistently prompt you will have already exceeded their expectations.
3. Competent service--both of the above are worthless if you don't know what you're doing. Competence, like promptness, is a rare and valuable commodity. Unfortunately, you have to learn competence mostly through trial and error. All the research and study in the world will not prepare you for the hands-on demands of business. You just have work your ass off.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
I would suggest going to www.sba.gov. It has a metric crapton of info on assembling a business plan and getting funding.
Aside from working to start my own business, I've worked in a small business as the owner's right-hand man for almost two years now, and from what i've gathered there are three things that customers and clients respond to:
1. Friendly service--this makes people want to give you business
2. Prompt service--when a customer makes a request, do not wait, attend to it there and then. People are used to slow service, so if you are consistently prompt you will have already exceeded their expectations.
3. Competent service--both of the above are worthless if you don't know what you're doing. Competence, like promptness, is a rare and valuable commodity. Unfortunately, you have to learn competence mostly through trial and error. All the research and study in the world will not prepare you for the hands-on demands of business. You just have work your ass off.