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The Complete Business Plan Course (Includes 50 Templates)

Everything You Need to Make a Great Business Plan by an Award Winning Business School Prof, VC & Successful Entrepreneur

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Created byChris Haroun | 1.8 Million Students | #1 Best Selling Business & Finance Prof.

Last updated 5/2025

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What you'll learn

Create an incredible business plan from scratch.
Understand how to take any type of business to the next level (meaning a start-up or an established business).
Create a perfect Executive Summary write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Financials write-up part of the Business Plan, including an easy way to create and understand and forecast all financial statements and a ratio analysis too.
Create a perfect Product and or Service description write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Management Team write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Customer and Market write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Cover Page part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Competition write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Go-to Market Strategy write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Sales and Marketing write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Milestone write-up part of the Business Plan.
(Bonus Content): Create a perfect Start-up Presentation, using 25 supplied presentation templates.

Course content

19 sections • 64 lectures • 8h 52m total length

Thank You Message from Chris0:03
How to Take this Course/Using Your Excel Business Plan Dashboard20:08
Create a detailed business plan through a visual, hands-on 13-step process using 50 templates. Leverage the Excel dashboard to assemble your final document, executive summary, and a ten-slide presentation deck.
Please Read This Text Lecture If You Want the Excel File to Run Faster Thanks0:19
How to Ask me Questions Live on my Weekly Webcast (Includes Zoom)0:11

Introduction to General Business Plan Inputs (What, Why & How of STEP 1)1:24
Creating Your General Business Plan Inputs+Analysis (Questions 1-1 to 1-65)20:16
Operate the inputs plus analysis tool to populate your general business plan in white cells, review sample answers, and track progress while tailoring content for the reader and auto-generating slides.
Creating Your General Business Plan Inputs+Analysis (Questions 1-66 to 1-85)7:15

Introduction to Creating Your Cover Page (What, Why & How of STEP 2)1:04
Learn to craft a cover page with a logo, company tag, and legal disclosure, and use the inputs and analysis workflow to select from 50 templates on the outputs page.
Creating Your Cover Page: Inputs+Analysis (Questions 2-1 to 2-4) and Outputs4:50
Create and customize your business plan cover page by entering logo, company name, product description, and date, then generate the final document using the business plan template.

Introduction to Your Executive Summary (What, Why & How of STEP 3)2:03
Learn how to craft an incredible executive summary that highlights your business plan's key details, including customer, market size and growth, competition, problem, solution, and exit strategy for reader impact.
Creating Your Executive Summary Inputs+Analysis (Questions 3-1 to 3-27)14:57
Create a concise executive summary covering company overview, market, target customer, and problem and solution, plus competition and milestones to inform investors.
Your Executive Summary Outputs7:30

Introduction to Your Management Team (What, Why & How of STEP 4)4:35
Learn how to build a detailed management section in your business plan, assess strengths and weaknesses, anticipate reader questions, and address gaps with board advisors, contractors, and optional partners.
Creating Your Management Team Inputs+Analysis (Questions 4-1 to 4-50)20:26
Develop a thorough management team analysis by identifying skill gaps, outlining recruitment and retention strategies, and planning board advisors through targeted networking to boost investor confidence.
Creating Your Management Team Inputs+Analysis (Questions 4-51 to 4-127)13:08
Learn to assemble a visual management team inputs and analysis, including board advisors and outsourcing partners, with logos and bios for a comprehensive business plan.
Your Management Team Outputs7:32
Select your management team members in order, with titles and bios auto-populated for your final business plan outputs and presentation slides, and customize board advisors and outsource partners as needed.

Introduction to Your Product and/or Service (What, Why & How of STEP 5)2:25
Learn to articulate your product or service with a strong what, why, and how for step five, covering quality control, pricing, packaging, volume discounts, freemium options, and distribution.
Creating Your Product and or Service Inputs+Analysis (Questions 5-1 to 5-14)12:17
Create a detailed product or service description with the value proposition and address pricing, packaging, production, and distribution (questions 5-1 to 5-14), highlighting the critical role of the management team.
Your Product and or Service Outputs1:33

Introduction to Your Customer & Market (What, Why & How of STEP 6)2:58
Identify your customer and total addressable market, master market research methods, and use surveys, social media, and Google alerts to build a customer-centric plan with service and loyalty strategies.
Creating Your Customer and Market Inputs+Analysis (Questions 6-1 to 6-22)13:43
Your Customer and Market Outputs2:24
Outline customer profiling, surveys, loyalty, and marketing data while analyzing industry trends, seasonality, and market size to enrich your business plan and financial model.

Introduction to Your Competition (What, Why & How of STEP 7)3:01
Analyze your top competitors' strengths, weaknesses, pricing, and management, then compare with your business model and strategy. Leverage insights from job postings, reports, Twitter, and reviews to improve your course.
Creating Your Competition Inputs+Analysis (Questions 7-1 to 7-21)10:03
Create competition inputs and analysis by detailing your top rivals and your competitive advantage. Gather insights from competitor products, websites, social media, alerts, annual reports, and pricing comparisons.
Your Competition Outputs1:18

Introduction to Your Sales+Marketing Strategy (What, Why & How of STEP 9)3:13
Creating Your Sales and Marketing Inputs+Analysis (Questions 9-1 to 9-8)15:14
Outline your sales and marketing inputs, from sales force structure and incentives to social media strategy, content repurposing, lead generation, and practical tools for execution.
Your Sales and Marketing Outputs0:42
Configure sales and marketing outputs for step nine, with an optional Salesforce structure for startups, and implement the online media and social media strategy ahead of step ten.

Requirements

Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word are required to be installed on your Windows based or Mac computers in order to take this course (you don't have to have any Excel or Word experience though to take this course). Thanks

Description

Welcome to the Complete Business Plan Course, which will help you make an incredible business plan from scratch. Everything that you need to make your awesome business plan is included in this course, including 50 business plan templates and an incredibly detailed 13 step process to help you make an entire business plan from scratch!

I guarantee that this is THE most thorough business plan course available ANYWHERE on the market. This course and the many exercises in this course are for beginner or advanced users in any country & in any business sector!

By an Award Winning MBA professor who is a top selling online business teacher, top selling author, former Goldman Sachs employee, Columbia MBA and venture capitalist who has invested in and sat on the boards of many companies. He is also the author of the #1 best selling business course on Udemy. He has also written many business plans and read hundreds of business plans too and has raised/managed over $1bn in his career.

THIS COMPLETE BUSINESS PLAN COURSE teaches you everything you need to know in order to make an incredible business plan, including an easy and fun to use 13 STEP program:

STEP 1 of 13: General Business Plan Inputs Questions and Analysis
STEP 2 of 13: Creating Your Cover Page: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 3 of 13: Executive Summary: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 4 of 13: Your Management Team: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 5 of 13: Your Product and/or Service: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 6 of 13: Your Customer & Market: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 7 of 13: Your Competition: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 8 of 13: Your Go-to Market Strategy: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 9 of 13: Your Sales+Marketing Strategy: Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs
STEP 10 of 13: Your Milestones: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 11 of 13: Your Other / Misc. / Risks: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 12 of 13: Your Financials: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
STEP 13 of 13: Your Appendix: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs
Creating Your Final Business Plan Output (with 50 Business Plan Templates included)
[Optional] Creating Your Final Presentation Slides Output (with 25 Presentation Templates included)

Also included in this course is a very comprehensive Excel spreadsheet that will help you create your business plan using an easy to use and very comprehensive 13 step methodology. No prior business or finance or accounting or Excel experience is required to take this course.

I have also provided 50 business plan templates and, as an added bonus, 25 business presentations specifically made for startups.

You can use the comprehensive Excel exercise document in this course on a Mac or on a PC (I recommend having Excel version 2013 or later in order to complete all of the exercises in this course).

This course and the included comprehensive Business Plan Dashboard Excel business plan maker file is a roadmap for your business plan success.

All the tools you need to create an amazing business plan from scratch are included in this course and the entire course is based on real life Practical Knowledge & Experience and not based on theory.

Please click the take this course button so you can take your business and your business plan to the next level.

*** Again, I guarantee that this is THE most thorough business plan course available ANYWHERE on the market.***

Thanks,
Chris Haroun

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in starting any type of company in any country and in any industry (no prior business experience is required).
Anyone that has already started a company, but wants to take their business to the next level.
Anyone working at a company that wants to launch a new product and or a new service.

The Complete Business Plan Course (Includes 50 Templates)

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Course content

How to Take this Course & How to Use the 50 Included Business Plan Templates4 lectures • 21min

STEP 1 of 13: General Business Plan Inputs: Questions and Analysis3 lectures • 29min

STEP 2 of 13: Your Cover Page: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs2 lectures • 6min

STEP 3 of 13: Your Executive Summary: Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs3 lectures • 25min

STEP 4 of 13: Your Management Team: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs4 lectures • 46min

STEP 5 of 13: Your Product and/or Service: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs3 lectures • 16min

STEP 6 of 13: Your Customer & Market: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs3 lectures • 19min

STEP 7 of 13: Your Competition: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs3 lectures • 14min

STEP 8 of 13: Your Go-to Market Strategy: Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs3 lectures • 6min

STEP 9 of 13: Your Sales+Marketing Strategy: Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs3 lectures • 19min

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