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One-page business plan

Everything that matters about your business on a single page — written to be read, shared and acted on rather than filed away.

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Why a one-page plan works

Traditional business plans are long because they were written for institutions. A one-page plan is written for the people who actually make decisions: you, your partner, your first hire, a landlord.

It gets read

A page is read in two minutes and can be discussed on the spot. A forty-page document gets skimmed, if that.

It forces choices

Limited space removes hedging. You have to pick a customer, a price and a channel rather than listing every option.

It stays current

Short plans are cheap to rewrite, so they keep pace with the business instead of going stale in a folder.

It pairs with a canvas

A Business Model Canvas shows the moving parts at a glance; the one-page plan turns them into sentences and next steps.

It is a starting point, not a ceiling

When a lender or investor needs more, the one-pager gives you the skeleton to expand section by section.

What goes on the page

Business concept

What the business does, in one honest paragraph.

Target customer

The specific group you serve first.

Value proposition

The outcome customers get and why it beats alternatives.

Revenue model

How the money arrives.

Pricing

What you charge and the logic behind it.

Competition

Who else solves this and where you differ.

Marketing

The channels that bring the first customers.

Key costs

What it takes to run and deliver.

Goals and next steps

Targets and the actions for the coming weeks.

How it works

  1. 1

    Describe your business idea

  2. 2

    Answer a few questions

  3. 3

    Get your one-page business plan

Frequently asked questions

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