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Why use a one-page business plan?

Faster

Documenting your business strategy shouldn’t take hours or days. Use our one page plan format to develop an initial business plan in less than 30 minutes.

Easier

Unlike a traditional business, there’s not a lot to write or any complex formatting. Anyone can document their business strategy using the one-page business plan.

Shareable

The simplicity and clarity offered by one-page plan makes it easy to get immediate feedback from business partners and advisors.

Built to impress

Getting potential investors to read a detailed business plan can be a challenge. But, a one-page plan is something that every investor has time to read.

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What is a one-page business plan?

The one-page business plan is a simplified version of traditional operational plans that focuses on the core aspects of your business. While it may be a shorter business plan, it still follows the structure of a standard business plan and serves as a beefed-up pitch document.

There’s really not a lot of difference between a single-page business plan and a good executive summary. In fact, as you create a more detailed plan you may even be able to use it as your executive summary.

Who should use a one-page business plan?

A one-page plan is useful for business owners that are mulling over ideas, just starting, actively managing, or looking to grow a business. It can help validate a business idea, work as an internal strategy document, or as a flexible management tool that can be adapted over time.

How to complete your plan with this one-page business plan template

You’ll start with your business strategy – this is what you’re going to do and what your goals are. You’ll document the following:

  • Identity: This is a short summary of what you do.
  • Problem: Describe the problem that your business solves.
  • Solution: Describe how your business solves the problem.
  • Target Market: Who are your customers? Try to be as specific as possible.
  • Competition: How do customers solve their problem today? Are there alternatives?

Next, you’ll go on to describe your business tactics. While strategy describes “what” you’re going to do, tactics describe “how” you’re going to do it.

  • Sales: How will you sell your solution to your customers?
  • Marketing: Describe your key marketing activities.
  • Team: Potentially the most important part of the plan is who is going to help you implement the plan.
  • Partners & Resources: What else do you need to turn your plan into a business?

Your business model is how your business will make money. The first time you work on a business plan, you can just describe how you make money and what your key expenses are. Eventually, you’ll want to develop a complete financial plan.

  • Revenue: Describe the key ways that you’ll make money.
  • Expenses: List your primary expenses. You don’t need to go into a lot of detail with a one-page plan.

Finally, you’ll want to develop a list of your key achievements.

  • Milestones: These are the key achievements that you hope to accomplish. Be specific.

This is just a quick summary of how to build your one-page business plan. You can get additional details in our guides to writing a one-page business plan and how to write a business plan in 30 minutes.

   

FAQ

To write a business plan on one-page stick with short sentences and bullet points when adding information. Using this one-page business plan template or a business planning tool like LivePlan can also provide a pre-structured format that helps you stick to one page.

You should choose this one-page business plan template because it wasn't just thrown together. It was crafted by seasoned planning experts with a combined 40 years of experience writing and reviewing business plans. Throughout this template, you find their expert tips and tricks, along with detailed instructions.

This is a printable business plan template that can be downloaded and printed no matter which format you choose.