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Write a business plan

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to write a business plan: 7 steps, about 4.3 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to write a business plan but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write the problem and who has it in one page30 min
2. 2Size the market honestly45 min
3. 3Define the offer and the price30 min
4. 4Build a simple 12-month model60 min
5. 5List the top 5 risks and your answer to each30 min
6. 6Write the one-page summary30 min
7. 7Get one sceptic to poke holes in it30 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.