business plan template

Business Plan Template

Table of Contents

• Team Bios - 2 people per slide (max 3)• Market need - 2 slides max• Current solutions - 2 slides max• Proposed solution - 1 slide max• Technology description - 4 slides max• Differentiation - 2 slides max• Product roadmap - 1 slide• Competitors - 2 slide• Target customers - 2 slide• Go to market strategy - 2 slide• Business model - 1 slide• Detailed Financials - 1 slide• Funding needs - 1 slide • State of the company - 1 slide

• Max: 30 slides

Team Bios

• Brief description of each team member’s:– Education– Professional experience– Expertise

Market need

• Describe the current demand in the market for the particular solution you want to address

Current Solutions

• Describe what current solutions are available to fulfill the market need described earlier– And why those solutions are not good enough or are too expensive or not liked by customers

Proposed solution

• Describe your technology solution and how it fulfills the market need described earlier– Provide a technical/technology description of your solution

Technology description

• Describe the type of technology you will develop to create your solution– It can be hardware, software, services, …

Differentiation

• Describe why your proposed solution is better than existing solutions– Is it cheaper, faster, better, more accessible, easier to use … ?

Product Roadmap

• Describe what products you intend to develop over the next 5 years

Competitors

• Describe who your competitors are and what they offer

Target Customers

• Describe which customers you intend to sell your solution to:– Geography– Industry– Size of customers– Persons vs. businesses vs. government– Number of customers that exist– Size of the market

Go to market strategy

• Describe how you will reach out to those customers– Direct sales– Indirect sales– Distributors– Sell online– Work with partners– …

Business model

• Describe how you will charge for your solutions

– One time license fee– Rental model– Subsidy model– …

Detailed financials

• Provide detailed financials for the next 5 years (annual figures)

– Revenues– Cost of goods sold– Gross margins– R&D costs– Sales & marketing costs– General costs– Gross profits– Taxes and amortization– Net profits– Capital expenditures

Funding Needs

• Describe how much money you need to raise and how will you expect it to last

State of the company

• Describe if you have already incorporated the company, or if that still needs to be done later and where you will incorporate …

End of Business Plan