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- * EXECSUM.TXT
-
- (Company)
-
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
-
- * This section is an abstract of your company's present status and
- future direction.
- * It is usually written after the plan is completed because it gives
- readers an overview of your business and it indicates how your
- business plan is organized.
- * Edit to about 2 pages.
-
- In 19XX, XXX (your group, company, product developers) were formed to
- XXX (purpose of activities)
-
- Now, (Company) is at a point where XXX
-
- * Corporate mission statement covering the line of products and
- services - What kind of company do you want to be?
-
- BACKGROUND
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- For many years people have XXX
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- * How people are managing to do without
- * How & where a similar product or service is now being used
-
- We have just started/completed the development/introductory phase of
- (product/service)-- a novel and proprietary XXX (e.g. soap for cleaning
- vinyl). Our operation was producing XXX (sales, units, products) by
- 19XX, and has operated at XXX (financial condition--profitable,
- break-even, etc.) ever since. Revenue projected for fiscal year 19XX
- without external funding is expected to be $XXX. Annual growth is
- projected to be XXX% per year through 19XX.
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- CONCEPT
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- The "state of the art"/condition of the industry today is such that XXX
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- * Explain your place in the state of the art.
- * Description of product or service.
- * Desirability of your product or service.
-
- Compared to competitive products/services (or the closest product
- available today) our (product/service) XXX.
-
- The ability to XXX is a capability unique to (Company)'s
- products/services.
-
- * How would your customers compare your product with those of
- competitors?
- * Advantages product or service has -- its improvements over
- existing products or services.
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- Our strategy for meeting the competition is XXX (lower price,
- bigger/better -- your unique selling proposition)
-
- (Company)'s target market includes XXX (types of customers)
- (Company) is rapidly moving into its XXX (marketing phase)
-
- This approach is generating a tremendous amount of interest throughout
- our industry.
-
- XXX follow-on products/services, XXX (product) is a XXX and is
- especially useful to
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- XXX (prospective customers) who can now easily XXX
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- Other products/services include XXX
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- All products from (Company) are protected by the trademark and copyright
- laws, and XXX (Patents, etc.)
-
- Responses from customers indicate that XXX (product/service) is enjoying
- an excellent reputation. Inquiries from prospective customers suggest
- that there is considerable demand for XXX. Relationships with leading
- OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers.), retailers, major accounts,
- manufacturers and distributors substantiate the fitness of (Company) for
- considerable growth and accomplishment.
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- OBJECTIVES
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- * Near term & Long term
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- Our objective, at this time, is to propel the company into a prominent
- market position. We feel that within XXX years (Company) will be in a
- suitable condition for an initial public offering or profitable
- acquisition. To accomplish this goal we have developed a comprehensive
- plan to intensify and accelerate our marketing activities, product
- development, services expansion, engineering, distribution and customer
- service. To implement our plans we require an investment of $XXX for
- the following purposes:
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- * Choose the activities pertinent to your goals
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- * Build manufacturing facilities and ramp up production to meet customer
- demands.
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- * Maximize sales with an extensive campaign to promote our
- products/services.
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- * Reinforce Customer Support services to handle the increased demands
- created by the influx of new orders and deepened penetration into
- existing accounts.
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- * Augment company staff to support and sustain prolonged growth under
- the new marketing plan.
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- * Increase Research & Development to create additional follow-on
- products/services as well as to further fine-tune our competitive
- advantages.
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- MANAGEMENT
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- Our management team consists of XXX (how many) men and women whose
- backgrounds consist of XXX years of marketing with XXX (Fortune 500
- company names look great here), XXX years of corporate development with
- XXX (Fortune 500 company names look good here too), XXX people with XXX
- years of engineering and design with XXX , a chief financial officer
- with XXX years of XXX experience with XXX.
-
- * Actually, any good company backgrounds pertinent to your
- management team's functions are good references to demonstrate a
- solid background and assure a higher probability of future success.
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- MARKETING
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- XXX (research firm, industry report, trade journal study) research
- projects a worldwide/nationwide market for XXX (product/service) to be
- approximately $XXX by the end of 19XX. Conservative estimates suggest
- (Company)'s market share, with our intensified and accelerated marketing
- plan, product/service development, manufacturing and customer service
- would be about XXX% -- generating $XXX by the end of 19XX.
-
- * Describe the projections and trends for the industry or business
- field
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- The fundamental thrust of our marketing strategy consists of XXX (unique
- Selling Basis)
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- We intend to reach XXX (market segment) by XXX (marketing/sales/promotion
- tactics)
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- * Who are your customers? Where are they and How do you reach them?
- * Are they buying your product/service from someone else?
- * How will you educate customers to buy from you?
-
- Our company can be characterized as a XXX (the business and image for
- customers to see)
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- (Company) enjoys an established track-record of excellent support for
- our customers. Their expressions of satisfaction and encouragement are
- numerous, and we intend to continue our advances in the XXX
- (marketplace) marketplace with more unique and instrumental XXX
- (product/service)s.
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- A partial list of customers includes:
-
- XXX
- XXX
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- Also, XXX prospective clients presently evaluating XXX
- (product/service(s)) for use are XXX (actual customers)
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- * List customers in Customers section.
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- FINANCE
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- * Briefly forecast financial expectations
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- In XXX years we will have XXX (achieved goal) and our investors will be
- able to XXX (collect their return on investment)