Start Your Business Plan

Your Business Plan is the first step in realizing your dream. This is where entrepreneurs put their best ideas forward, check them for feasibility, and create a realistic plan to give their business the best chance of success. Whether you’re starting a new venture, buying an existing business or expanding your operation, your Business Plan is the roadmap that takes you from where you are now to where you want to be in the future. With a complete Business Plan, you are eligible to make a loan application at the Centre For Business and at most lending institutions.

A typical Business Plan includes:

  • Cover page
  • Executive Summary
  • Table of Contents
  • Company Profile
  • Description of Product or Service and the Industry
  • Sales and Marketing Plan
  • Operation Plan
  • Financial Plan
  • References and Support Data



Ten Good Reasons to Do a Business Plan

  1. It’s a blueprint for building or expanding your business
  2. It’s a touchstone for keeping you focused and on track
  3. It’s a benchmark for measuring your progress with projected success
  4. It’s proof of your credibility to lenders and investors
  5. It’s a planning tool for allocating the proper resources and getting the types of support you need
  6. It’s a process for discovering key issues and challenges that you need to address before they negatively affect your business
  7. It’s a framework for forecasting and budgeting
  8. It makes your objectives and goals crystal clear
  9. It identifies competitors, threats and opportunities
  10. It defines how you’re going to operate and market your business

Get Started Now

At the Centre For Business we can offer you advice, information and resources to help you write a solid business plan. If you’re ready to start:

• Click for Business Plan Guidelines and Worksheets

• Click here for more examples of on-line interactive business plans

• Drop in to the Centre For Business for your complimentary business start-up package and business plan guidelines

• Call us at 1-877-876-7908 or 705-445-8410 for an appointment


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THE BIZ BUZZ

  • Find Support Through Mentoring

    One of the best support systems you can use to drive your business development, is to have a mentor. In fact, “I’ve discovered that most top executives have mentors,” says Faye Ego, local entrepreneur and member of The Centre For Business Mentoring Program.

  • Did You Know?

    The Centre For Business offers loans up to $150,000 to eligible clients who have been unsuccessful in getting a loan from traditional lending institutions.

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OUR SUCCESS STORIES

We’re a high tech business that manufactures acoustic sensors for the aerospace, defense and medical industries…The Centre gave us the support and capital we needed.”

– Eswar Prasad
Sensor Technology Ltd., Collingwood