WRITING THE BUSINESS PLAN

Writing a business plan is a rigorous and intense experience. Below is an outline of all the necessary elements of the plan and the format required:

Format and submission guidelines

The overall requirements of the plan you submit include the following guidelines:

1) The business plan that you submit can be no longer than 25 pages and include no more than four pages of financial charts.

2) The plan must meet these format requirements:

  • You may use your own cover page with company logo, tag line, etc.
  • Use a font size between 10 and 12 point.
  • Use any font you like, however we recommend Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica, or Garamond.
  • The margins should be no less than .75 inches, not including the header and footer.
  • Please number all the pages including the first page.
  • Include your business concept name as a header or footer on all the pages.
  • You can submit your entry electronically as a PDF or in Microsoft Word (Office 97 or later). You may additionally use other other software for diagrams, tables, spreadsheets, etc.; but the number of pages can not exceed 25 pages

3) Provide us with 20 spiral bound copies of the plan

4) Deliver the copies to us no later than 5:00 pm on February 25, 2011. Please also send a copy of the plan electronically to lswanson@enterprisectr.org

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