Six Reasons to Update Your Business Plan
Business plans are living documents. Make sure that they evolve with your company and reflect the business you’re running by revising when your company meets these six milestones. You want to refinance or fundraise. Investors and lenders want to know about your current challenges and have the most up-to-date look at the costs and opportunities you’re forecasting. You launch a new product or service. A new revenue stream will impact how you manage your resources – and can impact profitability. Let partners and investors in on your vision to get their buy-in and help with execution. You expand into new markets. How you allocate your time and resources will change dramatically as you expand into different cities and countries. An updated plan can help you set realistic goals and communicate those to you team. Your competitors have changed. Half the battle of running a successful business is staying aware of what the others in your industry are doing. If your major competitor p...