Business Plan Tutorial: Financial Plan & Funding

Questions to answer about finances and funding:

• How much money do you need, when do you need it and where do you plan to obtain it?
• What are the required resources you will need for your company?
• How many customers do you need to break even? What percentage of your target market is that?
• What will the investor/lender get out of this deal?
• What are the actual terms of the deal? (i.e., interest, dividends, payouts, stock, expected work loads for partners)
• When can you expect to start to pay off investors? When do you believe you will be done paying off the investors?