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In Business Plan Appendix, Provide Documents Discussed in Other Sections

Parts of a Business Plan

Here are the typical sections of a business plan that you should consider when writing a business plan:

  1. Business Plan Cover
  2. Purpose of the Plan
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Executive Summary
  5. Description/Location of the Business
  6. Market Analysis
  7. Products and Services
  8. Organization and Management
  9. Marketing and Sales Management
  10. The Financials of the Business
  11. Appendices of Supporting Documents

The business plan appendix section of your business plan should be a breeze to complete because you should have been assembling all of the documents that will go into this section as you went along producing other sections of the plan.

Depending on your audience for the business plan, you should include the following documentation:

  • tax returns
  • copy of lease or proposed purchase agreement
  • copy of licenses and other legal documents required by your business
  • copy of resumes of all principals of the company
  • copies of letters of intend of suppliers
  • company brochures and other marketing materials
  • marketing research materials

If your audience for the business plan will be a mixed one such as your banker and other lenders, potential investors, prospective employees, casual readers (such as your brother-in-law) and others, feel free not to include sensitive financial data. Instead, include a blank page in the appendix that says financial documentation supplied upon request. Another route to take is to include all of the above documentation in the business plan and distribute it only to lenders and potential investors. For others interested in your company, you can create an "about Us" documents from other sections of the business plan.

We have listed some documents above but you are free to add a variety of other materials to this section to fill out the picture of the company you have created or the one you wish to create. More is better when it comes to business plan appendices because it gives the reader more to go on when they need to make decisions about you and your company.

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