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If you'd like
to practice formulating a business plan, there is an excellent template
for doing so on Microsoft PowerPoint, which is part of the Microsoft
Office computer program. You can also find business plan templates at a
very reasonable price at most computer software or office supply stores.
To get to the Microsoft PowerPoint template, which guides you with written
prompts all the way through a business plan and marketing plan:
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Open the
PowerPoint program.
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Click on the
choice marked Design Template.
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Click on the
Presentations tab.
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Click on the
Business Plan icon.
Later, if you'd
also like to write a separate marketing plan, click on the Marketing Plan
icon.
All the
transferable-skills exercises you've done in previous chapters can be put to
use here. There are many skills you may have developed over a lifetime in
both work- and non-work-related settings that can be of value in starting
your own business. Even if you've never been a CEO, you may have been
captain of the volleyball team! You'll need essentially the same abilities
for planning strategies, communicating effectively, and being at the helm of
the ship when you're in your new office as when you were on the courts. If
you've never managed a business or budget before, just think about what it
takes to run a household or maintain a car—budgeting, cleaning, maintenance.
Many of the
things you presently just take for granted will be the recipe you'll need
for success when you're running your own business. It may be a little scary
at first, but there is an interesting paradox about the emotion we call
fear. When we experience fear in our bodies, we feel an elevated heartbeat,
increased rate of breathing, and a rush of blood to our extremities. The
emotion of excitement causes exactly the same reaction in our bodies as does
fear. Have you ever considered that your fear may actually be excitement? I
challenge you to consider this conundrum! Remember your first date? Was that
fear, or was it excitement? A little of both perhaps? Welcome to the world
of running your own business!
Being your own
boss can be one of the most rewarding choices that you can make in a
lifetime. If you are willing to take the challenge along with the rewards,
the sky's the limit!
For the free top tips for small service-businesses, send an email to
bs@futurevisions.org
with
"free MWS top tips for small service-businesses" in the subject and nothing in
the body of the email.
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