The ABCs of Business Plan Development - Plan Length, Development Time and Packaging
Business Plan Length A Comprehensive Business Plan will typically be over 50 pages and can be upwards of 100+ pages. This is highly dependent on the size, scope and sophistication of the business, venture or project. From the Comprehensive document it is a simple task to form your Ancillary documents (such as a Funding Plan). Ancillary documents typically are no more than 30 pages with 20-25 pages being the goal. Brevity forces you to decide what is most important and necessary for the type of plan and the intended audience. Business Plan Writing and Development Time 300 Hours would be the maximum in most circumstances with 75-100 hours being a typical range. Again this depends on the scope and complexity of the Project. Packaging 1) Clear Front Cover, Dark back cover, bound 2) Cover clearly denotes the Type of document (i.e. Funding Plan), Your Company Name and name of the Venture or Project. 3) First page should contain any Disclaimers, Non-Disclosure Requirements and Proprietary Pro...