About John A. Troland Expertise John A. Troland is the founder/owner of a professional business plan
preparation service. He has written many business plans for a wide
variety of businesses. These plans have been utilized to successfully
acquire capital for numerous businesses. In his 39th year in the field
Mr. Troland is also an accountant, small business counselor and an
accomplished business tv show producer of a highly acclaimed show
listed in America`s most prestigious tv show listing guides. He can
answer business plan related questions such as: why a business needs
a business plan; how a plan is utilized; how to write your own business
plan; should you write your own plan, the various sections to a business
plan;how to prepare the financials part;the viability of an idea as
it relates to writing a business plan; recommended books and software re:
business plans and their preparation and various articles on business
plans.
Experience
Past/Present Clients Royal Ice Cream Company -successfully obtained over $400,000.00 in financing for a major business expansion; numerous other clients over the years in retail and service type businesses; current substantial business plan in progress for a retail type business for which NO idea
of it's kind can be found even on the Internet; a major business plan prepared by Mr. Troland is on a CD-rom for preparing business plans
I want to develop an online publishig businss using Print On Demand technology. I want to write my own business plan, but I don't want or need to spend in inordinate amount of time doing it.
How can I develop a business plan of about ten pages, and what are some of the questions I should answer in that plan. Is there a particular outline I should follow?
Any help you can give me on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ronald Ayers
Blue Island, Illinois.
Answer Ronald: The only positive answer I can give you is visit the SCORE/Service Corp of Retired Executives website www.score.org On their site there is plenty of business plan info as well as a sample business plan. Don't mean to be blunt/negative or both BUT I am in my 44th year doing business plans for major clients. "but I don't want or need to spend an inordinate amount of time doing it" tells me you do not either understand or value the use of a business plan. In my many years doing biz plans I find the length of the plan is proportional to the ultimate success of the business. Ten pages, in print so small one would need a magnifine glass to read it, could not possibly contain the "meat & potatoes" needed ESPECIALLY if you were to present your own written/'about 10 pages" business plan to a potential lender. Even if I were to assume you need NO FINANCING I would suggest your business plan should be AT LEAST 20-25 pages.
Let me challenge you/make this offer: YOU write your own biz plan then e-mail it to me. At NO FEE to you I will review and critique it and respond with suggestions to you. My e-mail: johntroland@msn.com
