The Organizational Master Plan Handbook

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The Business Planning Process^*

Angel investors believe that the organization’s leaders are more important than a new concept.

—H. James Harrington

^* H. James Harrington and Frank Voehl, The Organizational Alignment Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Acceleration (in press).

Overview

Though Business Plans have many different presentation formats, they typically cover five major content areas. At the end of this chapter, we offer a sample Business Plan outline format. The following are the main components of a well-thought-out Business Plan, and we also offer a summary of Business Plan pitfalls at the end of this chapter:

• Background information for appraising your current position

• Top management and board of directors have a ‘strategic ...