2. Finance
• Writing a Business Plan
• Starting a P&L
• How to finance your start-up
• Public helps for starters
• Business Angels
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3. Notions
• Balance Sheet - Bilan
• P&L – Compte de résultat
• Cash-flow – Trésorerie
• Business Plan – Plan d’affaires
• Financial Plan – Plan financier
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4. Balance Sheet
ACTIVE PASSIVE
Equity (Capital)
Non Current Assets
(Actifs Immobilisés)
LT Debts
Current Assets
(Actifs circulants) ST Debts
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5. Profit & Loss (P&L)
COGS (Cost of Sales)
General Expenditures
Gross margin
Personnel Costs
Revenues (Sales…)
Depreciation
EBITDA
Financial cost
Profit
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7. How to finance your start-up ?
Suppliers FFF
Banks BA
Shareholders VC
Equity
LT Debts
ST Debts
Public
Banks
Shareholders
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8. What is dilution ?
100%
15% 20%
90% 25%
80%
12%
70% 15% VC 2
60% 9% VC 1
50%
85% BA
40%
68% Founder(s)
30% 51%
20%
10%
0%
Start Serie A Serie B
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9. What is the purpose of a business plan ?
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10. "Writing a business plan forces you into
disciplined thinking, if you do an intellectually
honest job. An idea may sound great, but when
you put down all the details and numbers, it
may fall apart.“
Eugene Kleiner, Venture Capitalist
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11. Why to write a business plan ?
1. To look at the idea in an objective way.
2. To study the feasibility of the idea
3. To check the business model
4. To understand the financial needs
5. To have an operational tool to start the business
6. To help the management
A business plan is
much more
than a financial plan !
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12. The business plan – content
There is no prescribed format, the following sections are usually included.
1. Executive summary
2. Mission
3. Problem
4. Solution
5. Technology
6. Market and industry analysis
7. Marketing and sales
8. Manufacturing and operations plan
9. Team: why you?
10. Financial plan
11. Sensitivity analysis
12. Status and timeline
13. Proposed investment
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13. Presenting to investors
Investors are not familiar with the technology of your
product or the industry jargon.
Describing your concept clearly and incisively is your goal.
You must be able to convey the basic mechanics of your
business idea to an investor with credibility.
There will be plenty of time at a later point for detailed
descriptions and exhaustive financial calculations.
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14. 1. Executive summary
Mimics your pitch
Should be very compelling and inviting to read the rest
“Summary” -> try one page
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15. 2. Mission statement
Define your business at the most basic level
In less than 30 seconds, explain:
Who your company is ?
What you do ?
What you stand for ?
Why you do it ?
Explain what business you are in, purpose, strategic goals and
business values.
SHORT !
3-4 sentences
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16. 3&4. From problem to solution
SOLVE A PROBLEM!
Show the problem and for whom this is a problem
Why are incumbents (if they exist) not able to address this
problem?
SOLUTION?
What is it?
Show it (sample, picture, demo, …)
Why is it attractive?
Is it durable?
Is it timely ?
Does it do something better? Does it create VALUE?
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17. 5. Technology
How does it work?
Does it work? Has it been successful elsewhere?
Why has nobody else come up with it?
Is it patented / licensed? Who owns the rights?
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18. 6a. Market and industry analysis
This section of the plan should include:
A general description of your market
The niche you plan on capitalizing on and why
The size of the niche market. Include supporting documentation
A statement and supporting documentation as to why you believe
there is a need for your product or offering by this market
What percentage of the market do you project you can capture?
What is the growth potential of the market? Include supporting
documentation
Will your share of the market increase or decrease as the market
grows?
How will you satisfy the growth of the market?
How will you price your goods or services in the growing
competitive market?
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19. 6b. Competition
Identify your closest competitors. Where are they located? What
are their revenues? How long have they been in business?
Define their target market.
What percentage of the market do they currently have?
How do your operations differ from your competition? What do
they do well? Where is there room for improvement?
In what ways is your business superior to the competition?
How is their business doing? Is it growing? Is it scaling back?
How are their operations similar to yours and how do they differ?
Are there certain areas of the business where the competition
surpasses you? If so, what are those areas and how do you plan
on compensating?
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20. 7. Marketing and sales
How will you make money?
Who is your target customer?
Mix (4 Ps):
Product and production - can you provide what the
customer wants.
Pricing policy - right price and quality (do you have
prove of willingness to pay?!!!!)
Promotion - how do you communicate to your
potential customers.
Place – where will you be selling.
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21. 8. Operations and production
How are you going to produce the product or provide the
service at a profit?
Manufacture or sub contract out.
What resources are required?
Infrastructure, staff, equipment
Now/future?
How do you ensure the right quality?
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22. 9. Team
Often read the first!
Why you?
What is your history?
What do you know?
What are your skills?
Whom do you know and who knows you?
What is your reputation?
How does the team profile fit with the opportunity, the context
and the deal struck?
How committed are the people to the venture?
Lacking or critical team members?
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23. 10. Financial plan
Gross margins and operating margins
Projection of the cash inflows and outflows of the business.
Actual and expected revenues
Actual variable and fixed costs
Use benchmarks if possible
Prepared monthly in year one (could be quarterly in years 2 to 5).
Takes into account the timing of receipts and payments.
Includes both capital and revenue income and expenditure.
Shows the cash requirements of the business.
Pro-forma P&L and balance sheets
Pro-forma break-even chart
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24. 11. Sensitivity analysis
Know your critical assumptions
“Delhaize will love our green product because they focus a lot on
their environmentally friendly image”
“Consumers will love our this new IT platform, because it is
cheaper”
…
Best case / worst case scenarios
Identify risks in your business model
What happens if the market changes, you run out of cash before
your first order, you don’t reach your targets…
What will you do when that happens?
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25. 12. Status and timeline
Step #1 - Set Up the Outline for Your Timeline
Highlights of your business' projected growth and development
Step #2 - Research Your Points
Back up your predictions with viable research
Step #3 - Use Your Data to Refine Your Timeline
Step #4 - Add References to Your Business Timeline
How did you generated your data and predictions ?
Step #5 - Clean Up Your Business Timeline
Formatting the graphic so that it looks professional and easy to read
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26. 13. Proposed investment
Nature of the deal
What are you asking and offering?
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27. The 12 deadly sins in business plans
(Gordon Baty / Zero stage capital)
1. Too Long
2. Poor Writing: grammar, redundant, unpersuasive
3. Poor Layout: illogical, illegible, poor illustration
4. No Executive Summary
5. Unclear Product Features: jargon, proprietary features, current
development status
6. No Backup on Team
7. Unsupported Market Estimates / No Primary Research
8. Superficial Competitive Analysis
9. Creative Accounting Formats
10. Unfocused User Benefits: no Unique Selling Proposition
11. No Demonstrated Customer Knowledge
12. Lack of Compelling Reason to Invest Now
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28. Conclusion
A business plan is a living story that demonstrates how an
opportunity can become a new venture, not just the writer’s
dreams and wishes
Always use a pitch / business plan presentation as an
opportunity to learn. There is no better critic than an investor.
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29. Why a Financial Plan ?
• To understand where and how you make
money
• To convince investors (including yourself) that
you will be profitable
• To build quickly different scenario
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30. Short Financial Plan
Quick estimation of
– Projected sales
– Cost of goods sold
– Workforce
– General Expenditures (Marketing Costs)
– Investments
If first estimations are positive
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31. Extensive Financial Plan
• Spreadsheet is THE tool (XLS, Open
Office, etc.)
• Use an existing template (ABE, other)
OR
• Build your own spreadsheet
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32. Structure of the spreadsheet
• Assumptions
• Sales
• Profit & Loss
• Cash-Flow
• Balance Sheet
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33. Some tips
• Use an existing spreadsheet’s template
• Monthly or Quarterly
• 3 to 5 years
• Avoid a fixed starting date
• Put editable fields in a different colour
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34. Example of Financial plan
Hypothèses du plan financier
1. Début des activités
Date prévue pour la constitution et le lancement des activités 1/01/2012
Le premier exercice comprend donc une période de: 12 mois
Le plan financier couvrira dès lors la Année 1 Année 2 Année 3 Année 4
période suivante: 2012 2013 2014 2015
12 mois 12 mois 12 mois 12 mois
2. Chiffre d'affaires
2012 2.013 2014
Taux de TVA
Année 1 trim1 Annéee 1 trim 2 Année 1 trim3 Année 1 trim4 Anneé 2 trim 1 Année 2 trim 2 Année 2 trim3 Année 2 trim 4 Année 3 trim 1
1. Quantités prévisionnelles
Produit 1 21% 0 3 60 323 533 551 611 911 1.411
Produit 2 21% 1 5 100 538 888 918 1.018 1.518 2.351
Produit 3 21% 0 2 40 215 355 367 407 607 940
Produit 4 21% 3 27 540 2.903 4.795 4.955 5.495 8.195 12.695
Produit 5 21% 5 45 900 4.838 7.991 8.258 9.158 13.658 21.158
Produit 6 21% 2 18 360 1.935 3.197 3.303 3.663 5.463 8.463
Total subscriptions 10 100 2.000 10.750 17.758 18.350 20.350 30.350 47.017
2. Prix unitaire de vente pour chaque produit (hors TVA)
Produit 1 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07
Produit 2 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43 35,43
Produit 3 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83 47,83
Produit 4 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07 29,07
Produit 5 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56 33,56
Produit 6 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56 42,56
3. Chiffre d'affaires par produit (hors TVA)
Produit 1 9 87 1.744 9.375 15.487 16.003 17.747 26.468 41.003
Produit 2 18 177 3.543 19.043 31.459 32.507 36.050 53.765 83.289
Produit 3 10 96 1.913 10.283 16.986 17.552 19.465 29.031 44.973
Produit 4 78 785 15.698 84.376 139.383 144.027 159.725 238.214 369.029
Produit 5 151 1.510 30.202 162.336 268.169 277.104 307.306 458.316 710.000
Produit 6 77 766 15.321 82.349 136.036 140.569 155.889 232.494 360.167
342 3.421 68.421 367.762 607.521 627.762 696.183 1.038.288 1.608.462
3. Coûts des ventes
Taux de TVA
Année 1 Annéee 2 Année 3 Année4
1. % des Achats de marchandises par rapport aux ventes
Produit 1 43,0% 43,0% 43,0% 43,0%
Produit 2 66,2% 66,2% 66,2% 66,2%
Produit 3 49,1% 49,1% 49,1% 49,1%
Produit 4 43,0% 43,0% 43,0% 43,0%
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35. Questions & Answers
Download this presentation and an example of Business Plan from Mc Kinsey:
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Now, you have to convince yourself, your partners and business angels to invest in your project
One of the tools is the business plan
To write a business plan is a long job and requires a huge investment in time.The first recipient of a business plan is not an external investor but YOU ! After all, you are your first investor !
The process of putting a business plan together forces the person preparing the plan to look at the business in an objective and critical manner. It helps to focus ideas and serves as a feasibility study of the business's chances for success and growth. It is a strong communication tool for your business. It defines your purpose, your competition, your management and personnel. The process of constructing a business plan can be a strong reality check. The finished business plan provides the basis for your financing proposal.The finished report serves as an operational tool to define the company's present status and future possibilities. It can help you manage the business and prepare you for success.
How you present your business idea to an investor will put all your previous effortsto the test. It is critical to attract attention and pique interest through content andprofessional appearance. Good venture capitalists are presented with up to 40business ideas per week, and their time is limited.
Executive summary is a summary of the highlights of your business plan.Even is the summary appears first in the document, it’s better to leave the writing until the end
Your mission statement is about you, your company, and your ideals. Read other companies’ mission statements, but write a statement that is about you and not some other company. Make sure you actually believe in what you’re writing; your investors, customers and your employees will soon spot a lie.
A good business plan starts with a clearly defined problem—something that’s really troubling or compelling—supported by evidence from marketing research, testimonials, letters of intent, or whatever, that the pain is real.If you can convince your readers that this problem is real, they’ll be hooked, at least for a while, as they read on to see whether you’ve found a solution that can resolve the pain. If the pain isn’t real, stop writing. There’s no need for a solution.
You have to explain your technology. But investors know that the better technology does not always win. Do you remember Betamax ? So, technology is just a tool to solve a problem. It’s not the purpose of your business !
This section of the plan is extremely important, because if there is no need or desire for your product or service there won't be any customers. If a business has no customers, there is no business.Investors look for management teams with a knowledge of their target market. If you are launching a new product, include your marketing research data. If you have existing customers, provide an analysis of who your customers are, their purchasing habits, their buying cycle. 7
Understanding your competition's strengths and weaknesses is critical.If your competitors are highly successful, identify why. You need also to explain why there is room for another player in the market.
Once you have identified who your market is, you'll need to explain your strategy for reaching the market and distributing your product or service. Potential investors will look at this section carefully to make sure there is a viable method to reach the target market identified at a price point that makes sense.
The operationsshould be explained to investors so that they fully understand how the business will acquire its products and how it will make them ready for resale. Explaining this process should also make the readers aware that you or your teamhave the required expertise.The more complex the business operations, the more the investors will have to be convinced that you or your teamcan handle the required tasks.
For most investors the experience and quality of the management team is the most important aspect they evaluate when investing in a company. Investors must feel confident that the management team knows its market, product and has the ability to implement the plan. Your plan must communicate management's capabilities in obtaining the objectives outlined in the plan. If this area is lacking, your chances for obtaining financing are bleak.
This very important part will be developed by Stéphanie from the ABE.
After completing your financial plan, you have to develop your forecasted sensitivity analysis.It’s a ‘What if’ tool.What if my sales are 10 % lower ?What if my assumptions are wrong ?
You need to create a business timeline that details your projection for how your company will grow over the next five years. This projection will be used to show investors that your company will be able to survive and be able to create value.However, the business timeline that you create has to be based on more than just your guess; it needs to be supported with facts, figures and dataWhere are you now?What are next steps?What are critical milestones?What will your benchmarks be?
How much money are you asking for ?How many shares in exchange of the investment are you ready to give ?