Are you thinking about starting a company? One of the first steps to take is to write a business plan. A business plan can guide you in your financial planning, marketing strategy, unique selling point and much more.

It's essential to make sure you start your new business off on the right foot, and we're here to help. We've put together this guide to help you write your first business plan.

As a startup, you might as well need a marketing plan from the start to promote your product or service to customers. This is where our step-by-step guide on how to create a marketing plan would come in handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ti_uK60nLk

You'll definitely want to create amazing presentations for clients and business partners – we've also highlighted that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyZz_jyKn9k

For reports and meetings with stakeholders, you will find animated and eye-catching infographics useful. Here's our guide on how to easily create them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dEKe6OMWw

You don't have to be a designer to create something awesome. With an easy-to-use template and design tool like Visme, you can easily design winning business plans regardless of your design skill level. Get started with Visme now: https://www.visme.co/templates/

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In this video we will cover:

01:00 What is a business plan?
01:52 Why is a business plan important?
03:29 Start thinking about your summary
04:26 Write your business description
05:14 Carry out your market analysis
06:12 Research your competitors
07:25 Describe your products or services
07:50 Summarize your financial plan
09:21 Determine your marketing strategy
10:16 a.m. Present your organization chart

To read the blog article version of this video, go to: https://visme.co/blog/how-to-write-a-business-plan/.

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