The cause of the failure of a business plan

Most people when starting a business does not have a plan, this is not to have a business plan.  This error occurs primarily for two reasons: 1) is totally unaware as elaborate and 2) does not give the time to do, because they think they do a business plan is a completely entangled and complicated work.

According to statistics, out of ten companies that start, at least 80% fail within five years, and among the main reasons why these businesses are closed are:

* Lack of customer.
* Undervaluation or overvaluation of the required investments.
* Lack of goals and objectives in the short, medium and long term.
* Loss of interest in the business.
* Fights and disagreements between partners.

Finding time in five years or less, completely unworkable and unsustainable businesses that have generated frustration and loss of the entrepreneur or entrepreneurs, with the consequent loss of time and money.

Otherwise, when you start a business with a good business plan will allow you to have a clear vision of where you are and where you want to go, this course is to review all business areas that make up the study of business plan , which are: market research, technical, administrative – organizational – legal and financial study.

Do not start a business without a business plan, as this gives you a way forward, this is a path which you will not get out.  I’ve known case of entrepreneurs who start their business, and not having the clarity of what you want, start with your business and end up offering products / services completely different from those that were initially offered, which shows total ignorance of the market  which he initially signed up, or never knew him.

Here are 15 keys on which to make your business plan:

1.  Check the viability of the business.  Start that business you want to be viable, or is not viable business plan provides analysis tools that respond to these concerns.

2.  Have a clear vision and objective of the business.  This is to visualize how you will take your business over time.

3.  To detect and prevent problems before they occur.  This will allow you to save time and money.

4.  Determine and optimize the resources you have.  In this sense, the idea is how you will use the resources that will be available.

5.  Examine the performance of the business.  The idea is to know the boot time, how the business is performing as planned.

6.  To identify which will be your return.  If you do not know how much it will leave your business by day, month or year, it really will be lost.

7.  Set the value of the business.  With the business plan you will know exactly how much better your business.

8.  For the efficient implementation.  With your business plan the launch of your new business will be 100% successful, successfully kicked off right.

9.  To support an application for credit with a financial institution.  That if at some point you have to require money and can support the loan with your business plan to a financial institution.

10.  It provides a framework for proper decision making.  This to tell in advance with information on what could be the reason why your business will fail.

11.  To achieve strategic alliances.  If at some point in your business, it is necessary to ally with someone, it is important that they have a business plan this to know the degree of alignment that might come to have the potential strategic partners.

12.  To ensure potential customers.  This is important because when you have clear direction, and your potential customers realize that yes, this will give leverage to secure more customers aware of your products or services.

13.  Attract good employees.  This is key employees who have a sense of ownership by the company.  Also, the time when you have a good management and clear your business have somehow come employees is in addition to the project, which is a project planned and analyzed.

14.  Maintain focus and motivate the management team.  Normally when you start any project, as well as a business project, it is normal to lose your focus, hence the importance of having a business plan it possible to redirect the process that was carrying.

15.  For the project, not auto sell demotivate .  The business plan has to grant a security framework in which to continually review the process to know how get back on track and continue with the project, not to give up trying.

In essence the above 15 keys are crucial when starting your business plan and make your business plan.

The process of making your business plan is simple, a lot of work, in its investigative process, but highly satisfactory results to take you to make the best of yourself and raise you to where you are able to get this to be a  successful person, committed to self and others.

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