Searching for public domain business plans? This is a tricky issue. When all is said and done, very few business plans are publicly available. Even publicly-run or publicly-traded entities don't have their business plans simply sitting online or available to investors or researchers by mail. Apple for example might have a defined game plan for how it will expand over the next 3-5 years, right down to products to bring to the fore of its R&D or markets to penetrate that it hasn't fully explored yet. But no matter how much stock you own (or how many devices you've purchased), Apple isn't required to share this information with you. A business plan only resides in the public domain in a select few circumstances:
• It has intentionally been shared by its author
• It describes a municipal or city government plan as voted on by the public
• It was directly funded by the public
• It was part of an academic exercise
• It was developed specifically for the purpose of serving as a template or model, as with software
There are probably a few other instances where a business plan might reasonably be called a public domain document, but the long and the short of it is, you're not likely to find a plan at your local library or courthouse except in rare cases. This is why the eternal questions of “what did Google's business plan look like?†or “well, what sort of revenues is Facebook projecting?†are the stuff of the fool's errand. The better bet is to develop your own plan with the closest attention to detail possible while remaining cognizant of the fact that any business plan, even a great one, is a subjective document and is continually subject to change. What more input or need help writing? Call MasterPlans today to learn how our team can assist yours! (877) 453-2011.
