Definitive Business Plan, Second Edition, The

What to do if you have several businesses

This is where a slight complication creeps in. If you are writing a business plan for a small or highly focused business you will work through the steps described here just once. What if you have several business areas or run a group of companies?

• If you are the head of one of those business units or subsidiaries, you need to recognize the areas where you operate independently and those where you take or provide services to the enterprise as a whole.
• If you own the business, or are taking overall responsibility for the plan, you might have to write parts of it several times over – once for each business area and maybe once for activities that are common to all or most businesses. However, in this case, ...