Business Plan Writing

Business Plan Writing, Financial Forecasting 8 min read

Using Forecasting For Financial Pitch Deck Slides

Using Forecasting For Financial Pitch Deck Slides

Samantha de la Porté

17 June 2022

Any investor with a genuine interest in the business will want to see detailed financial pitch deck slides to gain an understanding of the underlying assumptions driving the forecasts in your pitch....

Business Plan Writing 11–13 min read

Common Places Where Entrepreneurs Meet Potential Investors

Common Places Where Entrepreneurs Meet Potential Investors

Samantha de la Porté

19 May 2022

We go over common places where you can meet potential investors to pitch your startup or business to. Significant amount of networking remains offline and entrepreneurs should not neglect these kinds of...

Business Plan Writing 11–13 min read

Why Use Crowdfunding For Startups?

Why Use Crowdfunding For Startups?

Samantha de la Porté

12 May 2022

Crowdfunding for startups is one of the less traditional means for raising funds, but is quickly gaining in popularity. Here, we discuss using crowdfunding to raise money for your startup or business....

Business Plan Writing 14–17 min read

How To Find Potential Investors To Pitch To

How To Find Potential Investors To Pitch To

Samantha de la Porté

05 May 2022

Having an investor-ready pitch deck is one thing but you still need to find potential investors to present your pitch to. We go over the top 10 ways to find investors, tips for getting reach to find investors and...

Business Plan Writing 17–20 min read

Top 10 Mistakes That Startups Make When Creating A Seed Funding Pitch Deck

Top 10 Mistakes That Startups Make When Creating A Seed Funding Pitch Deck

Samantha de la Porté

27 April 2022

When we talk about business pitch decks, it is easy to assume that there is a one-size-fits-all approach. There are not only different types of pitch decks but common mistakes that go along with them....

Business Plan Writing 10–12 min read

Top 10 Pitch Deck Tips: Get Investor Ready

Top 10 Pitch Deck Tips: Get Investor Ready

Samantha de la Porté

22 April 2022

An effective pitch deck should allow you to fully customise it to suit your company’s needs and generally speaking, a template should contain minimalist aesthetics to make the content the focal point. Read more tips...

Business Plan Writing 13–16 min read

Free Investor Pitch Deck Template For Google Slides And Powerpoint

Free Investor Pitch Deck Template For Google Slides And Powerpoint

Samantha de la Porté

14 April 2022

We've created an effective pitch deck template for Google Slides and PowerPoint for you to download free of charge. Download our customisable pitch deck template today and begin pitching your...

Business Plan Writing 4 min read

A Startup’s Guide To A Winning Investor Pitch Deck – Free Download

A Startup’s Guide To A Winning Investor Pitch Deck – Free Download

Samantha de la Porté

14 April 2022

“A Startup's Guide To A Winning Investor Pitch Deck”, takes you through the ins and outs of the basics of building a pitch deck. Download your free copy...

Business Plan Writing 31–38 min read

How To Present Your Business Plan’s Financial Projections

How To Present Your Business Plan’s Financial Projections

Samantha de la Porté

02 April 2022

When looking at presenting your Business Plan’s financial projections there are many options. Read this post to help you decide on the best way...

Business Plan Writing 14–17 min read

The 10 Most Important  Elements Of Writing A Business Plan

The 10 Most Important  Elements Of Writing A Business Plan

Samantha de la Porté

10 March 2022

While there are numerous areas to focus on, this post will touch on the 10 most important elements of writing a business...

Business Plan Writing, How to Start a Business, Startups 11–13 min read

SWOT Analysis For Startups

SWOT Analysis For Startups

Samantha de la Porté

16 December 2021

A SWOT analysis can help you see your startup from different perspectives and angles that you may not have before....

90 Day Challenge, Business Plan Writing, Financial Forecasting 22–27 min read

Financial Projections for Startups when creating a Business Plan (Free Business Plan Google Doc And Word Template)

Financial Projections for Startups when creating a Business Plan (Free Business Plan Google Doc And Word Template)

James Beer

27 January 2020

To produce effective and accurate financial projections for startups, you will need three key reports: a Balance Sheet, a Cash Flow Statement, and a Profit and Loss Statement. Read more about these...

90 Day Challenge, Business Plan Writing 11–13 min read

How to Write Your Business Plan: The Complete Series (2 of 3)

How to Write Your Business Plan: The Complete Series (2 of 3)

Tim Room

20 January 2020

So far in your business plan, you’ve demonstrated that you’ve thoroughly researched the market and your competition. Now it’s time to write about the practical side of your...

90 Day Challenge, Business Plan Writing 3 min read

Week 12: The Business Plan Part 2 – Going to Market

Week 12: The Business Plan Part 2 – Going to Market

Tim Room

20 January 2020

Last week, we explored how to format your business plan, as well as writing your executive summary, utilising your competitor analysis and setting your objectives. It’s time to focus on the specifics of how your business is going to run and...

90 Day Challenge, Business Plan Writing 29–35 min read

How to Write Your Business Plan: The Complete Series (1 of 3)

How to Write Your Business Plan: The Complete Series (1 of 3)

Tim Room

13 January 2020

A business plan is required to sell your idea to investors or banks, persuading them to fund you. They won’t just part with their cash, you need to make them believe in your idea as much as you do! Even if...

90 Day Challenge, Business Plan Writing 3 min read

Week 11: The Business Plan Part 1 – Your Business Proposition

Week 11: The Business Plan Part 1 – Your Business Proposition

Tim Room

13 January 2020

Welcome to week 11: The Business Plan Part 1 - Your Business Proposition. This is part one of three ( you can find part 2 and part 3 here), and we will continue to delve the how to make a business...

Business Plan Writing, Financial Forecasting 24–28 min read

How to Create an Effective Financial Forecast With No Historical Data

How to Create an Effective Financial Forecast With No Historical Data

James Beer

29 October 2019

Extrapolating historical data is one way of creating a financial forecast. If you're a new business or a you are launching a new product, you need a different process. In this article we go through what this process looks like...

Business Plan Writing, How to Start a Business, Startups 9 min read

Starting Your Business Plan Online for Free

Starting Your Business Plan Online for Free

Robin Booth

18 June 2019

Writing a business plan doesn't have to cost a penny. Here's a guide to help you get a professional looking initial business plan written up for...

Business Plan Writing, How to Start a Business 26–31 min read

Planning for success – a guide to your first business plan

Planning for success – a guide to your first business plan

Robin Booth

12 December 2017

The point of a business plan, no matter what stage of business you are at, is to set out your goals, strategy and action plan for achieving them. In this article, I run through how to write a business plan...

Business Plan Writing, How to Start a Business 35–42 min read

A quick guide to setting up and running your business

A quick guide to setting up and running your business

Robin Booth

27 November 2017

Start-ups can happen very quickly. Or at least, that’s how they look from the outside. This guide goes through the steps to start up a business in the UK, including writing a business plan and marketing plan....

Business Plan Writing 12–14 min read

Understanding the basics of your financial business plan

Understanding the basics of your financial business plan

Robin Booth

19 June 2017

So, you’re making a business plan. You know your business, that’s the easy part. Making a financial plan, well, that sounds harder, right? This article is all about making a simple financial plan for your business. Each element of the...

Cash Flow, Business Plan Writing, Startups 25–30 min read

How to forecast your startup or business’s cash flow

How to forecast your startup or business’s cash flow

James Beer

20 March 2017

The cash flow statement is one of the more common reports used by accountants. It is a measure of all the incoming and outgoing cash activity of the business and is usually estimated at a monthly level. You may think...

Business Plan Writing, Goal Setting 6 min read

How can a financial model help my business?

How can a financial model help my business?

Robin Booth

08 March 2017

In the last two articles I talked about what financial modelling is and how this is different to the kind of planning present in many business plan templates. Today I’m going to outline the practical side of how a financial...

Business Plan Writing 4 min read

Financial model and financial plan – what’s the difference?

Financial model and financial plan – what’s the difference?

Robin Booth

17 February 2017

Brace yourselves! It’s a series of articles about financial modelling… beginning with a really important question: “Why model?” is the question we pose ourselves before embarking on every new project. It’s a question that you might find yourself asking too if...

Business Plan Writing, Growth 8 min read

A quick guide to starting up your own startup

A quick guide to starting up your own startup

Robin Booth

07 September 2016

Startups can happen quickly Or at least, they appear to from the outside. The first business I was involved with was a startup in the UK. When I started writing my university dissertation the business just didn’t exist. By the time I...

Business Plan Writing 8 min read

How I learned all about finance

How I learned all about finance

Robin Booth

18 August 2016

When I first came to Brixx I didn’t know the first thing about finance. But I did know something about small businesses and how they operated. Within a week I was starting to understand that the Dark Art of accountancy wasn’t so...