My bank asked me for a business plan and after mulling around for two months trying to finish the plan I felt like giving up. I was a little down and called my banker to inform them I wasn’t finished yet and she suggested that I find a template on the Internet. I went home and searched through enough websites to find out that I would still have to do all the work myself. I talked to my accountant and he quoted me $5,000.00 to $15,000.00 depending how long it took and I still had to do most of the work.
Then I went back to the internet and went for another look, when I found Growthink. I was intrigued because all I had to do was enter some of my numbers and the Growthink template did its magic. Out come all sorts of charts and spreadsheets. After tweaking it over a weekend I was able to look at different variables and it allowed me to make some changes in the way I was going to conduct my business.
It opened my eyes to some key money making aspects of my business that I was overlooking because I was so worked up over this business plan.
On Monday I took the financials down to my accountant to look over before I went to the bank. I was later surprised when he told me that it looked great and he didn’t make any changes. The next day I went down to the bank and dropped off all my paperwork. I was told that it would take at least two weeks for head office to make a decision. Four days later my banker informed me that I was approved and that they really liked my business plan. When I told her that I downloaded it off the internet like she suggested and paid only $97.00 for it and finished it in one weekend she was truly amazed.
If I hadn’t found Growthink, I doubt that I would have finished my business plan and moved ahead to successfully start my new venture.