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Writing your Business Plan for Corporate Credit

By: Robert Bain

Don't cut corners on your business plan or you may not get the credit you need. More and more lenders are really scrutinizing these documents. They feel if you can't commit to your potential business on paper how are you going to do it in reality? Even if you have all the details worked out in your mind, they aren't going to be able to capture those images. You have to get them down on paper so that they will approve your request for funding.

You can't blame the lender for being so difficult to persuade in many instances though. They see people daily that come in wanting to get money for a business and then it fails in less than a year. The lender is left to pick up the pieces and to figure out a way to get that money back. If they continue to lose money then they aren't going to be able to remain in business either.

Don't think for a moment that a lender isn't going to read your business plan. If you set it up in a format that is easy to follow and with good information they will be very interested in the materials. Don't go with a generic format of a business plan either. It needs to really be in depth about what your business could be all about with the right funding to back you up.

Divide your business plan into sections so that it is very easy to read. You want to have a realistic introduction that speaks from the heart. It needs to be an honest reflection of you who you are. It needs to show the passion and the dedication you have for owning a business. They don't want to find out that you are only interested in being your own boss and making money.

Always offer a clear summary of your business plan too. This way the lender can easily look at it and get a basic idea of what you want to do. They will then be able to read all of the material at a later date. They can also refer back to your summary when they need to take your loan request to the board for approval.

What strategies so you intend to implement for your business? The more details you can provide the better off you will be. If you have been working on various types of advertising you can add information about all of that too. The structure of your business is something they will want to know about as well.

The financial plan needs to be where you spend a great deal of time on your business plan. This part needs to convince the lender that you will have plenty of profits coming in to repay the funds you borrowed. Try to forecast your overhead and your income for the first three years. You may need to get some people from a professional to complete this part of it.

Make sure you review your business plan for errors. They will stick out like a sore thumb for the lender. You need it to be separated into nice paragraphs and to really make sense. Have others read the material so they can point out any inconsistencies to you before you see a lender. It can take plenty of time to work out a decent business plan but you will definitely benefit from it.

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Robert Bain has built, bought and sold many small businesses. Discover how to build corporate credit before you need it, and avoid the pitfalls of small business financing

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