1. Cover page - Business name, street address, telephone number, Web address, names of owners, and the date the plan is issued.
2. Background information on the company - general nature of the business: retailing, manufacturing, or service; what your product or service is; what's unique about it; and why you believe that it will be successful.
3. A summary statement of the business's financial need.
4. A statement of confidentiality to keep important information away from potential competitors. Benefit-to-the-Community Component
5. Describe the number of skilled and non-skilled jobs the business will create, and indicate how purchase of supplies and other materials can help local businesses.
6. Describe how providing needed goods or services will improve the community and its standard of living.
7. State how your business can develop new technical, management, or leadership skills; offer attractive wages; and provide other types of individual growth.