Plan To Profit

Small businesses in the construction industry have the second one highest failure rate of all industries. A survey of builder and remodeler members of the National Association of Home Builders revealed that fewer than 12 percent had a written business plan, fever than 15 percent had written operating budgets, less than 18 percent had written mission statements, and almost 70 percent had no formal planning procedures.Your business plan is an important management tool you have. It defines your strategy, tactics, and specific activities for execution, including dates and deadlines, budgets and cash float. It’ll guide you regarding the types of projects to pursue, how you market your company, the people to hire and the funding needed to succeed. Planning establishes your short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals that everyone on your team can identify and strengthen.Your business plan will permit you to focus strategy, manage milestones, manage metrics, assign and track responsibilities and performance, and manage money the use of projections for sales, costs, expenses, and cash.Plan to Profit provides a blueprint you’ll be able to follow to develop a working business plan. It walks you step-by-step through the process starting with market research and analysis, followed by developing your product and service, marketing and sales, operations, leadership team and staffing, and goals and action plans. It guides you in creating your financial forecasts and budgets and your vision, mission, core values, and unique selling proposition. It includes a Microsoft Excel workbook which contains financial observation worksheets that you’ll be able to fill in and use to complete your pro forma financial statements.