Develop Your Business Plan

Your business plan is your blueprint, your map, your yardstick—and a requirement if you plan to seek financing.

What is a business plan?

Read more about how to write a plan and the essential ingredients that should go into it.

Where should you start?

With our Resource Navigator. This free service connects you to more than 140 regional organizations that are ready to help you build your business.

Also check out our new business checklists. Organized by city or county, these lists give you an easy-to-follow task list to help you launch a business in your community.

Find your customers. KCSourceLink’s resource partners can help you find out who and where your customers are.

Download sample business plans.

Use these sample business plans to guide or inspire own strategy and business planning.

Take a seminar.

Search the KCSourceLink calendar for courses on business planning and more.

Or check out the Business Plan Entrepreneurship Certificate offered by Johnson County Community College.

Talk to a business counselor.

Meet with one of our resource partners to identify potential customers, evaluate your business idea, and map your business' future.

Starting a business in Kansas or Missouri?

Each state offers a step by step resource guide to help you start your business.

Resource Navigator

Find the right resource to help you decide if starting a business is right for you. RIGHT NOW

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