Many business plans look polished but do not survive a serious reader. Many are generic in nature — recycled frameworks with inconsistent spreadsheets — and they read that way to anyone who has actually written or evaluated one.
We built this business as both authors and reviewers. We have written business plans to raise capital — some that funded, some that didn't. We have also reviewed other people's plans as subject matter experts. The pattern is consistent: the plans that fund are the ones that treat the reader as intelligent and pre-empt his or her concerns and perceived risks.
That means:
Every plan is a set of three documents:
Select plans also include a what-if scenario testing - a separate Excel workbook that runs 1,000 iterations across 14 input variables and gives you a probability distribution of outcomes. It's the honest answer to “how likely is this to work?”
We're transparent about what these plans are and what they aren't. They're a starting point - a high-quality frame for your business thinking, benchmarked against real Australian market data, written the way a CFO would write it. They are not a substitute for your own judgment, your own customer discovery, or your own financial advice.
If you're unsure whether our plans are right for you, email us and ask. We'd rather talk you out of a purchase than have you leave a bad review.
Reply time is usually within 24 hours, often much faster.