Solution Business Plans

Silver Solution Business Plan Details 

The Silver Solution includes 20 - 25 page fully custom written business plan with a market summary and 2 years of comprehensive financial statements.  The Silver Solution is designed for organizations that are looking to raise capital of between $100,000 and $500,000 from 1 to 4 investors that have a previous relationship with the company founders.

The plan includes the following 22 sections:

1. Cover Page
   The cover page generally has your company logo, your contact information including name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
2. Table of Contents
   Your plan is designed in a way that the table of contents is a linked table in order to make your plan more easily updatable.
3. Executive Summary
   The Executive Summary is a vital document in your business plan.  Your Summary is a condensed version of your full plan and should be the document that you present to investors to build interest. The executive summary describes the market need, along with the solution the company will implement in order to accomplish the market need.  It includes a short description of the company’s products and services, the size of the relevant market, how the company is uniquely suited to succeed, and the amount of investment being sought.  Usually one or four pages in length.
4. Objectives
   This section generally includes bullet points of your company’s goals. These goals may include market capture rate, financial profitability timelines, and new product launch dates.
5. Company Ownership
   A description of the company owners and their ownership interest in the company.
6. Pre-Operating Source and Use of Funds
   The pre-operating source and; use of funds section details the expenses, assets, inventory, investment and debt needed to facilitate the company’s business objectives. The pre-operating expenses and funding occur before the company receives revenue.
7. Products and Services
   This section details the company’s products and/or services and how these differentiate the company from what is currently on the market.  This is also the area to detail any proprietary products or processes, intellectual property, exclusive designs, patents, or other innovative offerings.  If relevant, it will outline why the management is specially suited to bring the product to market, grow the company, help turn it around, etc.
8. Market Summary
   Detailed information on the company’s market including: population, households, families, age, income, and other useful statistics. Tables and graphs are used to display the information above.
9. Industry Analysis
   This section includes information on U.S. sales per state and sales per employee per state. Specific information for your state and city will be detailed in a custom table.
10.   Demographics Summary: Education/Marital/Language
    This information includes school enrollment, education attainment, marital status, region of birth, and language spoken.
11.   Demographics Summary: Employment/Industry/Income
    This information includes employment status, how they commute to work, occupation, industries occupying the workforce, and class of worker. 
12.   Marketing Strategy/Implementation
    This section describes how your market will be penetrated, including specifics such as marketing channels, methods of advertising, campaign strategies, and strategic partnerships utilized.
13.   Management Summary
    Your management team will be described here, including how they will use their experience to implement successful business strategies.  This section will also include any boards or advisory groups that may be lended expertise to your organization. 
14.   Financial Summary
    Provides an overview of your financial situation and financial projections.
15.   Sales Assumptions
    Assumptions to justify your sales projections. This should include market research and pricing strategy.
16.   Revenue Forecast
    The revenue forecast section details the revenue that the company will receive, and the direct costs. Comprehensive graphs illustrate the amount of revenue and gross margin each line item contributes.
17.   Personnel Forecast
    The personnel forecast breaks down the payroll expense line on the income statement, and provides total headcount, average salary per category and total pay per category.
18.   Income Statement
    The income statement is also known as a profit & loss statement. This table breaks down revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes, and bottom-line earnings for the first five years.
19.   Statement of Cash Flow
    The statement of cash flow illustrates the company’s cash received and cash spent for a five year period. The table is broken down into three main categories: operating, investing, and financing. The operating activities report the company’s business operations. Investing activities detail the company’s property, plant, and equipment transactions. Financing activities account for the company’s paid-in capital and debt.
20. Balance Sheet
    The balance sheet includes the company’s assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity for a given time-period. This section is completed by our financial consultants.
21.   Break-Even Analysis
    The break-even analysis details two different break-even points. The operating break-even accounts for the company’s revenue and expenses on the income statement. The investment cash flow break-even takes the operating break-even one step further by including the inflow and outflows of the cash flow. The investment cash flow break-even looks at all transfers of money, except investments.
22. Appendix – 2 Years of Financials
    Year 1 - 2 monthly forecast illustrates the company’s first 24 months, after the pre-operating stage.