RELY ON A RESOURCE THAT MEANS BUSINESS WITH GALE BUSINESS: PLAN BUILDER
Are you ready to grow your dream business? Do you think business planning is complicated? Need help creating a business plan?
Often startups and experienced business owners alike simply don’t know what kind of information they need, where to find it, or how to get started. That’s why our library offers access to Gale Business: Plan Builder.
Targeted towards budding entrepreneurs and current small business owners, as well as community organizations that support small business development, Gale Business: Plan Builder simplifies the complex business planning process by:
· Assisting users in formulating data, editable documents, and other deliverables needed for planning, starting, managing, optimizing, and growing a business venture or nonprofit
· Gradually introducing entrepreneurial concepts and jargon
· Providing “Guide me” contextual tips and prompts to assist with using the program
The intuitive dashboard provides users with a framework to move through the entire business development life cycle. It walks users step-by-step through creating a business plan, covering each of the five essential stages of the business planning process. As it does so, it explains what each activity is, why it’s important in the overall process, and how to get started with it, as well as tracking your progress and completion of these activities.
First, fill in a simple online worksheet and a one-page ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE summarising your opportunities and threats as an entrepreneur is generated for you.
Next, test the viability of your business idea in the BUSINESS IDEATION section with easy-to-use DIY business planning tools & templates, such as Lean Canvas, SWOT analysis, PEST analysis, and Porter’s Five Forces.
Then, a BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS will determine when your business will begin to cover costs and become profitable.
You’ll be introduced to BUSINESS PLANS and marketing whilst drafting lean and full business plans, a pitch deck, executive summary, and strategic marketing plan.
Lastly, the FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS section will help you to analyse your company’s financial future by calculating your capital while considering factors such as debts and loans, equity, expenses, insurance, sales, staffing, and tax.
You can also:
· Keep an online inventory of materials and products
· Make use of development tools to help you collaborate with a local business mentor, such as a SCORE counsellor
· Create multiple companies against one account
· Add separate business scenarios that duplicate and adjust your entire plan’s data to fit inflation, cost of living, or employee shortages
· Add multiple users, such as business partners, to your account at any time so they can see your business plan in progress
Gale Business: Plan Builder is an invaluable resource - put it to work for you and come away with a complete, downloadable business plan that will wow potential investors & lenders. Why wait? Log in to https://tinyurl.com/galeoto using the number on the back of your Ōtorohanga library card and create a free Gale Business: Plan Builder account.
For questions or more information, or if you need help getting started, check out the handy guide at https://tinyurl.com/galeguide or talk to a librarian – we’re happy to help.
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