Did you search business plan Craigslist looking for a Craigslist posting where someone is offering their services on this issue? If you live in a big city, you can visit craigslist.com and perform the same search and you'll surely find a number of different resources. People who went to business school, briefly ran a small company or home-based business, or are trying to pay the tuition for an MBA program will all eagerly offer their help on your business plan, for a fee. You can also find other resources like templates, guides, and business plan help tools for sale on CL, all at vastly different price points. But what value do these things have? It depends largely on what sort of business plan you need. Ask yourself these questions first:
• Am I entering a competitive industry?
• Do I have experience in this space already?
• How much money am I seeking?
• Where will I go to solicit funds?
• How adept am I at financial model?
• What sort of research would my plan require?
The answers to these questions will tell you whether you're likely to have much luck hiring someone from Craigslist to work on your plan. If you have a complete business plan draft put together and just need a second set of eyes, you could hire someone from CL to review and edit it – no harm in that. But you could probably accomplish the same thing at a SCORE office or SBA business development center for free. If you're entering a complicated market, don't have a lot of planning experience, or really need someone with a proven background to take over the business planning process for you, then you should call MasterPlans instead. Our all in-house team of expert writers, modelers, and financial experts has worked on 11,000 business plans to date and can write a custom, funding-ready plan for you in as little as just 5-7 days. Call today, toll-free: 877-453-2011.
