John A. Troland has many years experience in the business community. He has served the needs of a wide variety of businesses in the areas of bookkeeping, accounting, tax preparation, business counseling and business plan preparation. Business plans prepared by Mr. Troland have successfully secured capital for numerous companies in a wide variety of businesses. Mr. Troland also has extensive business training and seminar experience. Recognizing the need for such a service Mr. Troland co-founded The Business Plan Group in early 1994.

Also in 1994, Mr. Troland, recognizing a void in the business tv show lineup, formed Trobray Television Productions to produce the highly acclaimed one hour business show Business Beat Live. The first show aired on May 17, 1995. Mr. Troland serves as both the Executive Producer and host of the show.

What is a Business Plan?
A business plan is a blueprint of a business (or proposed business) that evaluates all aspects of a business and maps the future plans and goals of that business. It also allows actual progress to be measured against the business plan projections.

A business plan should discuss:

• Description of business
• Market
• Competition
• Location of business
• Management
• Personnel
• Application and expected effect of the loan or investment (if needed)
• Summary
• Supporting documents as required

Click here for an article on the importance of having a business plan.
Click here for a business plan outline.

Uses of a Business Plan

• To obtain financing to start a new business
• To obtain financing to purchase an existing business
• To obtain financing to purchase business related real estate, machinery or equipment
• To finance the expansion of an existing business
• To establish goals and objectives of a business over a number of years and provide a tool to track actual results against an established plan

The Importance of a Business Plan
Some findings from a recent AT&T Small Business study reveal:

• Only 42% of businesses surveyed use a formal business plan.
• 69% of those businesses surveyed agreed that a formal business plan is the major factor in helping meet their business goals
• The use of a business plan was one of the top eight contributors to business success
• 59% of small businesses that have expanded or grown over the past two years of the study use formal business plans in their day-to-day operations 

Why Plan?
Most businesses do not plan to fail; they fail to plan. Busineses fail for a number of reasons.
Some of the more common are:

• No business plan
• Under capitalization
• Poor management
• lack of delegation

Proper planning and the preparation of a business plan will help ensure a successful business venture.

Why a Business Plan?
Any lender or investor, approached for funds for a new business startup or an established business, will request a business plan. They want to determine how the funds will be utilized, and on what basis the business expects to repay the loan. In addition, for your plan to attract funding, it must be well conceived, convincingly written, and professionally presented.

A business plan is also essential to any business NOT seeking capital. Such a plan provides an important way to compare actual results for a period against a predetermined plan. If a variance exists, corrective action can be planned.

Why the Business Plan Group?
Writing your own business plan can be a formidable and time consuming process, one that sometimes creates a feeling of frustration or of being overwhelmed by the task. Done correctly, a professionally prepared plan, including research, documentation, analysis, preparation, and review might take fifty hours or more to complete.

The Business Plan Group is staffed by an expert team of experienced business plan writers, all of whom are also business consultants. As professionals, they can efficiently and expertly custom prepare each business plan to a specific client's situation. Standardized stock, fill-in-the-blanks plans, or software are not used.

It is often said: "You only have one chance to make a good first impression." Why not leave it to The Business Plan Group to do that for you?

Specifically we can provide the following business plan options:
1) we can write the entire business plan
2) we can read, comment, critique and offer suggestions on your draft business plan
3) we can do selected sections of your business plan; for example the financial section or the market and industry
section for instance

The Business Plan Process
A call to the office of The Business Plan Group will initiate the process. One of the plan writers will discuss the process in detail and schedule an initial consultation, for which no fee is charged. Only after a contract is signed and work commences is a fee charged.

We will also assist you in the lending process with contacts and loan package preparation, if desired.