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Example Business Plan I’ve Used To Raise Angel Investment (Downloadable Doc)

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by Cameron | Mar 1, 2010, 7:52am EST

The week before last I published a post entitled Business Plan Outline I’ve Used To Raise Angel Investment that provided a detailed walk-through of an business plan outline I’ve developed/used to successfully raise angel investment. I wanted to follow up on that post by making an actual business plan available for you to download/revise/use that was constructed using the outline.

The following document is an almost a word-for-word copy of a business plan I created for my last company a year ago. The only thing I’ve changed are the names of our company, product, and team members. I highly suggest downloading this document and having a printed copy in front of you while reviewing my previous post – I think it’ll really help tie everything together quite nicely.

Example Busiess Plan

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  • kennanclark

    how much did you acquire? from what type of source? what were the terms?

  • http://roachpost.com/ Cameron Brain

    I raised a total of $2.5M from a small group of professional angels. Terms were favorable for us, however negotiating terms (i.e., valuation) is not something that's done with a document.

  • mysticventures

    Nice example. Your post of 2/13, this outline, and a Q&A site that was recommended to me http://pitchthenplan.com all seem to dovetail neatly together. I've never been a fan of creating business plans for small businesses, but I'm beginning to see the value of the process.

    Thanks.

  • http://roachpost.com/ Eric

    I was thinking that you may also find helpful a piece in our original section titled, “Startup Business Plan — How an Investor Will Evaluate “Your” Plan.” We received a few comments from professional investors that thought entrepreneurs should keep of copy of this on the wall as they are working through their plan formation. I'd be interested to see what you think as well.

    Thanks for the comments and welcome.

  • Anton

    Hi Cameron

    My firewall won't let me download the BP. Please email to me at antondinkelmann (at) gmail.com

    Thanks
    Anton

  • mysticventures

    Yes, I read that as well. Valuable insight into the mind of potential investors. It's always good to know your audience when selling anything. First rule of sales: Sell what your prospect is buying.

  • Bruce

    I can't figure out how to downlaod this – I have an account on Scribd but cannot find your Business Plan – can you help/advise further? Thanks

  • http://roachpost.com/2010/06/07/three-steps-to-getting-your-startup-funded/ Three Steps to Getting Your Startup Funded

    [...] or VC money you’re after. Check out The Roach Post’s resources for entrepreneurs, including our Downloadable Example Business Plan and How I Raised $55 Million Of Venture Capital In Two Months, both by Eric [...]

  • http://roachpost.com/ Eric

    I like the list. Good stuff.

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