Your FIVE Year VISION Planner
We have created something
really useful
here... and it's yours for free.
Your plan is in your head, it's now time to get it out of your head and WRITTEN down. This planner is your first step in creating your VISION for your business in the next five or ten years.
This is an essential tool to plan and prepare for growth, and also to plan and prepare for a lucrative business exit too. Visit our Business Exit Website here for more details, some free resources and courses for business exit planning.
Whether you're selling your business or not, always build it as if you were. That way you're building a structured business that's not overly reliant on you... and has genuine value.
Your business may be valued on its financial performance, but it's true
VALUE lies within the Growth Potential... let's find out what that
REALLY is.
Your Business Exit Planner BLUEPRINT
This is where your Growth Story begins.
Completing your Blueprint will take around 20 to 30 minutes. Before you start, we strongly recommend reading through each section so you understand the questions and the information you'll be working with.
Depending on your ambitions and timescale, you can create either a 5-year or a 10-year vision for your business. Be as detailed and honest as possible because this is your plan, your story and your journey. The more thought you put into it now, the more valuable it will become as your roadmap for growth.
When you've finished, download your personalised Word document. This is your Business Growth and Exit Blueprint, giving you a clear plan of the actions needed to grow your business, increase its value and start preparing for a successful long-term exit.
Exit Blueprint
1. Business Snapshot
Start with where the business is now. Buyers do not buy fairy dust. They buy evidence, assets, systems, profit and believable opportunity.
2. Choose the Blueprint Period
Choose whether this is a sharper 5-year plan or a longer 10-year strategic blueprint.
3. Proof Before Potential
This section gives the blueprint credibility. The stronger the proof, the less it smells like hopeful nonsense.
4. Growth Opportunities
Add the realistic routes to growth. Each one should have a reason, evidence, and a route to delivery.
5. Plausibility Test
Every opportunity must survive the “would a buyer believe this?” test.
6. Year-by-Year Growth Plan
Add realistic annual figures and the actions behind them. Figures without method are just numbers wearing a cheap suit.
7. Buyer Excitement
Translate the opportunity into buyer language.
8. Risks and Assumptions
A balanced plan is more believable than a glossy sales pitch with jazz hands.
9. Report
Preview the finished blueprint, then download a Word document.
Report preview
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I cannot explain how refreshing I found this book. Often business books talk all about what you HAVE to do for a successful business - well this book flips that on its head. The author is so honest about ALL the mistakes made in his business that you cannot help but sit up and take notice. Lot's of humour and examples thrown in for good measure makes this a really readable book. Totally recommend to anyone on a business journey.
A business book that makes you smile and laugh out loud. Sound business advice delivered with honesty, humility and humour.
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