Write a Winning Business Plan Executive Summary
Channel: The Art of Learning Small Town Business
Date: 15/06/2021

How to create and write a winning executive summary to your small town business plan in six easy steps. Tom goes over all the important points of the executive summary and some tips for what to include – and what not to include in your executive summary. 

Here are some of the Appendices to add to your plan: 
00:00 How to Write a Winning Executive Summary in Six Easy Steps
02:44 Step One: You Need a Hook
04:42 Step Two: Company description summary
05:44 Step Three: A Brief Market Analysis
06:54 Step Four: Products and services
07:59 Step Five: Financial information and projections
08:48 Step Six: Future plans for the investment
10:40 Promised Additional Tips for a Successful Executive Summary
11:10 Tip One: Be Brief and Concise
11:40 Tip Two: Better Readership with Bullet Points
12:15 Tip Three: Who's Reading It?
13:10 Tip Four: Be Unique
13:45 Tip Five: Get a Test Reader
16:00 Tip Six: Things to Avoid
18:05 Final Thoughts on Writing an Executive Summary

Tip to find free information and facts you don’t know to include in your small town business plan. — Find Your Nearest Small Business Development Center - https://americassbdc.org/find-your-sbdc/

Find Free Help with your business plan at SCORE.ORG- https://score.org 

More Free help at the Small Business Administration – https://sba.gov

(All the videos in this playlist on writing a business plan are in the description below.)

Previous Business plan videos: 

Seven question you must ask before starting your business plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d00CvQtvXOg

Business Plan Step One: How to Organize Your Small Town Business Plan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxROq_nj0z8&t=358s

Business Plan: Step Two: How to Write a Business Description for your small town business plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onifjm2VMT4&t=233s

Business Plan: Step Three: How to Write Business Goals and Strategies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-GeWC9Z4RE&t=13s

Step 4 - Small Town Business Legal Structure - How to Write a Small Town Business Plan for Beginners: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPSuR33KYlk&t=916s

Step Five: How to Write a Small Town Business Plan for Beginners: Identify Your Best Products and Services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7UmKLpx_A&t=75s

Step Six: How to Create the Marketing Plan part of your business plan. – How to write a Small-Town Business Plan for Beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pDeV5TmPqU&t=58s

Step Seven: The personal financials you’ll need for your small town business plan. How to write a Small-Town Business Plan for Beginners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIMFz5dI-xc&t=391s

Step Eight: How to write financial projections for your small town business plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3c3F5Ut92Y&list=LLGVG4nWAneDlOfdQfnWflXQ&index=1

Step Nine: Appendices you should attach to your small-town business plan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZdBsP3q74&t=335s

Step Ten: How to Write a Winning Executive Summary for your Small Town Business Plan. – you are watching this now. 

The information on this channel should work well for many of the following small town businesses — restaurant or diner, coffee shop, barbershop, nightclub, local event, business selling t-shirts, boutiques, grocery stores, jewelry shops, animal care or grooming, landscaping business, moving business, gym, frozen yogurt, ice cream shop, deli, liquor store, sandwich shop, beauty salon, hair salon, spa, daycare business, hardware store, commercial cleaning, residential cleaning, car wash, general contractor business, dog walking, pet sitting, cleaners, lawn care, home improvement.

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