{"id":2146,"date":"2022-05-23T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atresr.com\/what-are-business-plans\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T11:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T11:50:40","slug":"what-are-business-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"What are business plans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenido<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #2873b6;color:#2873b6\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #2873b6;color:#2873b6\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#What_is_a_business_plan_for\" >What is a business plan for?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#How_to_make_a_business_plan\" >How to make a business plan?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#1-_Mission_vision_and_values\" >1.- Mission, vision and values:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#atresr_Economist_Lawyers\" >atresr Economist Lawyers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#2-_Initial_investment\" >2.- Initial investment:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#3-_Financial_projection\" >3.- Financial projection:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#4-_Team_and_operational_structure\" >4.- Team and operational structure:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#5-_Internal_analysis\" >5.- Internal analysis:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#6-_Market_analysis\" >6.- Market analysis:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/what-are-business-plans\/#7-_Sales_and_marketing_strategies\" >7.- Sales and marketing strategies:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324858700{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]Business plans are formal documents, either digital or printed, that lay out and describe a commercial project in detail.<br \/>\nBusiness plans are made before making an investment or at the beginning of a new business.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324911781{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_business_plan_for\"><\/span>What is a business plan for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Business plans are mainly used to present a commercial project to partners, investors, or the company&#8217;s board of directors. Making a business plan is also very useful for oneself, as it forces ourselves to visualize the entire operation and recognize possible obstacles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For you:<\/strong> To clarify your vision, your need for resources, your opportunities and your limitations in a new business idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To raise capital:<\/strong>To formally propose your idea to possible investment partners, or financial entities, and show them with transparency and detail what your business idea is and how you plan to execute it..<\/p>\n<p><strong>For your team:<\/strong> To be able to show your business plan to your own company and to be able to execute it with the consent of your team.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324951188{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_a_business_plan\"><\/span>How to make a business plan?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you are making your business plan, you have to take into account that this document must be useful throughout the development of the project, it is advisable to add an index at the beginning to be able to consult it when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to emphasize that these documents must have an easy to read, formal and clean format, it must also be as detailed as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We leave you a structure so that you can start from a defined point and thus avoid an unreadable, unstructured or entangled document.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325022006{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-_Mission_vision_and_values\"><\/span><strong>1.- Mission, vision and values:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A business idea is always accompanied by an idea of the results it can achieve. A professional business plan must reflect that initial vision adapted to the real situation of the company and the current market, and combine it with the values that sustain the company, as well as with a mission that gives soul to the project.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;ex-full&#8221; enable_overlay=&#8221;enable_overlay_value&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(48,48,48,0.41)&#8221; type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1642421377172{margin-top: 33px !important;margin-bottom: 33px !important;padding-top: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#2873b6&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-629869f234f783e15\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-629869f234f783e15 uvc-8891 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-629869f234f783e15 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:20px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"atresr_Economist_Lawyers\"><\/span>atresr Economist Lawyers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-629869f234f783e15 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:16px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;color:#ffffff;\">At atresr we offer a comprehensive <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/atresr.com\/en\/services\/legal-advice\/\"   title=\"legal advice\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">legal advice<\/a> service on numerous areas where our team of lawyers has extensive proven experience.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1465915330978{margin-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Contact us&#8221; style=&#8221;outline&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fatresr.com%2Fen%2Fcontact%2F|title:contact&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325013559{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-_Initial_investment\"><\/span>2.- Initial investment:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>No matter how hidden it may be, every commercial project entails an initial investment; whether it is the purchase of machinery, travel expenses of partners, training, or the time of the employees.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to be rigorous with this report, break it down and contemplate any necessary investment to be able to analyze the future profitability of the project.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325043482{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-_Financial_projection\"><\/span>3.- Financial projection:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A 3-year financial projection, including assets, liabilities, cash flow, costs, sales, profits, and the return time of the initial investment.<\/p>\n<p>This projection is vital to be able to present your project to lenders or partners, even so that yourself can figure out how profitable the project will really be.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325069110{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-_Team_and_operational_structure\"><\/span>4.- Team and operational structure:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This report must include the manpower necessary to start operations, and the work structure that each one will have.<\/p>\n<p>The operational structure should include the responsibilities of each partner\/employee, his salary, and a little discussion of why that member is necessary and profitable.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325085050{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-_Internal_analysis\"><\/span>5.- Internal analysis:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the event that the business plan is an established company, this analysis is necessary to understand the current situation of the company, the market expansion, or line of business that this new commercial project represents for the company.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640279646883{margin-top: 22px !important;margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2A\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"h2B\">What are business plans?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2separador\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653324988841{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653325101903{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-_Market_analysis\"><\/span>6.- Market analysis:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This analysis is probably the most technical part and the one that deserves the most detail; 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