How it helps your business
What business plan does for you
What you sell, to whom, what it costs and what you will earn, written down.
36 months of projections built from your own answers, not guesses typed in.
The document every path here needs, in the shape a funder reads.
Your plan feeds your market readiness and funding readiness scores.
How it works
Your business plan project, in four steps
Learn
7 short lessons, each with a video and a quiz.
Start your project
We set up a project plan for you: 15 activities, starting with “Strategise” and “Prepare financial statement”.
Do the work step by step
Work through them one at a time, such as “Conduct detailed research”, “Opeations plans” and “Source quotation”, and watch your progress. You, your apprentice or your consultant can do it.
Get your reports
A status report as you go. The last activities, such as “Business Plan Presentation” and “Update business plan”, lead to a final report you accept. RMK also approves it where a consultant did the work.
What we expect from you
Have these ready
The report you get
Your business plan
Who it is for: You, a bank or a funder.
- Cover and business dashboard. Who you are and the business at a glance.
- Objectives and funding required. What you want to achieve, and the money it needs.
- Industry and competition. Your industry, your competitors and what sets you apart.
- Operations. Your premises, equipment, process and what goes into what you sell.
- Marketing and distribution. How customers hear about you and how you reach them.
- Your people. Your staff and the key people who run the business.
- Financials. Your assumptions and your projections.
Along the way you also get a status report: the three stages, anything past its date, and every activity in order.
The sections of your report
Learn it first
The 7 topics
Each topic has a short lesson, a video and a quiz: 75% to pass, three attempts.
A short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →2. How to develop a business plan case studiesA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →3. How to identify business opportunitiesA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →4. How to evaluate a business idea and the marketA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →5. How to develop an operational planA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →6. How to conduct industry analysis and formulate marketing planA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →7. How to prepare financial projectionsA short lesson, a video and a quiz.
Open the lesson →Consultant-led service Includes a one-on-one onboarding consultation with your RMK consultant (video or phone), a monthly facilitated group session, an RMK review of your business plan, sharing your business with funders and support from your RMK consultant.
RMK's people beside you for 12 months
- A one-on-one onboarding consultation with your RMK consultant (video or phone)
- A monthly facilitated group session
- An RMK consultant reviews your business plan
- Your business shared with funders, if you agree
- Support from your RMK consultant
- The tools you use with your consultant: your project plan and every other report to download, the lessons and full HoneyGuide answers
R4 800 for 12 months
Get StandardUpgrades pay only the difference. Prices include VAT, and every payment comes with a tax invoice.
Consultant-led service Includes your own account manager, who calls you and answers your questions, plus everything in Standard.
Standard, plus your own account manager, who calls you within 24 hours and answers within 3 working days.
R17 300 for 12 months
See premium →SuperConsultant-led service Includes your apprentice, who sets your business up with you, your account manager, and everything in Standard.
Premium, plus an apprentice who sets your business up with you.
R29 800 for 12 months
See super →Questions about business plan
Is it really free?
Yes. Your business plan is free to start and to work on, and you see it on screen. The document to download comes with Standard.
Can I change it later?
Yes. Change a fact once and the plan, the reports and the scores all move.
Do funders see it?
Only if you agree.
Ready to start business plan?
Free with your account, including the download. Registering is free.