SMB Strategy Cast #11 - Organization Plan in Business Plan

• Friday, December 23, 2005


• Podcast Description – Cover business strategy topics that pertain to startup, small business and medium business.


• In this episode we are going to cover the Organization Plan in the business plan.


• Download the UPDATED Business Plan Outline.

Items in Org Plan

• How corporation will be organized:
  o Type - S-corp, c-corp, partnership, LLC, etc.
  o Ownership – Owners and % (or shares) of ownership
  o Board – who will be in the board of directors


• Personnel & Responsibilities
  o Org Chart – Don’t go below director level, unless key to business.
  o 1 paragraph on each person filling a role
  o Or, If the position is open include a paragraph on the characteristics you are looking for in someone to fill the role.
  o Put resumes in the appendix


• How does this compare to what was included in the Description of venture?
  o There will be some replication, because the key people introduced in Description of Venture should also be in this section
  o They may be serving a role in the org chart, on the board, an owner, or all of the above.


• Distribution Example
  o 2 Guys set up a public warehouse company in the mid-west, the majority partner has contacts and money, the minority partner will run day-to-day operations of the business.
  o Set up an LLC with Majority holding 70% of stock, 30% to minority partner. Legal address also included
  o Board members are these two plus a finance person that they bring in, who will also help setup accounting department, accounting system, and hire independent accountant. Positions on Board (chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, etc.)
  o Org Chart –
  
  • Minority owner as President/COO, Majority Owner is VP of Sales.
  
  
  • Show at least highest level in each operational area. Overall chart should not be more than 3 deep. In this example they will hire a BookKeeper as highest accounting level.

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