Business Plan Builder Questionnaire (for Aspiring Business Owners)
Post #22: Top 50 Questions to ask yourself when preparing your Business Plan.
In this Substack, I will walk you through the process of starting, operating, maintaining, and — if needed — selling or closing your own small business.
Today, I an offering a downloadable Business Plan Builder - a Questionnaire with 50 of the top questions you should be able to answer for use in your business plan.
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BYB Book Recommendations - a collection of the best business books to help you on your entrepreneurial journey
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About the Questionnaire
This is a supplemental guide to (Post #21) How to Write a Business Plan: A Guide for Aspiring Solopreneurs and Entrepreneurs which you can review to help you with preparing this important document for your business.
How can I use it?
Use this questionnaire to guide the creation of your business plan.
Answering these questions (the best you can) will help you clarify your business vision, strategy, and operations.
Keep in mind that some of these questions may not be relevant to your business, and you can skip them.
What’s in it?
This comprehensive questionnaire includes 50 of the most important questions that should be answered as part of the creation of a Business Plan. Questions are grouped into the following 5 topics:
Business Concept
Products & Services
Financial Planning
Marketing & Sales Strategy
Operations & Logistics
Get the Template & Questionnaire
If you want to save your precious time, you can buy a template for your Business Plan along with an editable 50-questions Questionnaire to help you with the right content for your Plan:
Buy this template from Gumroad:
📝 Business Plan Template & Questionnaire- Simple Doc Files (template)
Next Steps
Download the Google Doc version of this questionnaire and answer the questions the best you can (some may not be relevant to your business).
Then, use your responses to create a business plan!
In the next post, I’m going to dive into business licensing, permits, and regulations that small businesses need in order to operate within the rules and/or laws.
Continue the Journey with Post # 23 —>
