A business plan is the document by which people with money will judge your project: an investor, a bank's credit committee or a grant commission. It either convinces with numbers or it does not — there is no third option. The Kanzas company has been developing business plans for more than twenty years: from the financial model to a finished document in the exact format the addressee requires.
What a business plan is for
A business plan brings together the core information about a business: its products and services, operations, markets, competitive environment, marketing, organisational structure and financial performance. Its first job is to force the idea through a discipline test — strengths and weaknesses, resource requirements, financial analysis, risks and constraints. Its second job is operational: a completed plan is the entrepreneur's route map, showing how to act once the business launches, how to promote it, how much money is needed and where it will come from. And its third job is external: whenever a project seeks investment, credit or public support, the plan is what the investor, the bank or the institution actually reads.
Who we prepare business plans for
- investors — a document that sells the project: market, model, returns and terms of entry;
- banks — built around payback, cash flows and the sources of debt service (bank-ready in the literal sense: written for the credit committee);
- grant programs — in the format and logic of the specific program, with every budget line substantiated;
- international donors and lending institutions — to their own standards and templates;
- owners — a working financial plan for growth, modernisation or a new line of business.
What the development includes
- market analysis based on our own desktop research: demand, competitors, pricing;
- operations and organisational plan, team and staffing;
- marketing strategy and sales plan;
- the financial model: investment budget, revenue and cost forecasts, cash flows;
- efficiency metrics: NPV, IRR, payback period, break-even point;
- risk and sensitivity analysis.
The format and depth adapt to the reader: a bank, an investor and a grant commission ask different questions, and a professional business plan answers them in advance.
Experience and approach
Business planning at the Kanzas company rests on the same foundation as our valuation and analytics practice: verifiable market data and financial discipline under which every figure can be defended. We have prepared business plans within development concepts for residential and office complexes, for projects following the standards of international lending institutions, and for bank financing of enterprises across industries. Every document we deliver is written for the most demanding reader — the credit committee.
Fees and timing
The fee depends on the scale of the project, the depth of market analysis and the addressee's requirements. A typical timeline is three to six weeks. After reviewing the brief we fix the price and the deadline in the contract.
Frequently asked questions
How does a business plan differ from a feasibility study? The feasibility study answers "will the decision pay back"; the business plan answers "how exactly the project will be delivered and financed" — strategy, marketing, team and financing plan. The study often becomes the core of the future business plan.
Do you prepare grant-ready business plans? Yes — in the format of the specific state or international program, with the budget and indicators substantiated the way the commission evaluates them.
What input is required from the client? A description of the idea or project and any available materials: commercial quotations, preliminary calculations, technical documents. The market research we do ourselves.
How much does a business plan cost? The price is driven by the project's complexity and the addressee's requirements. We quote after a short discussion of the task — quickly and with no hidden extras.
Can you update an existing business plan? Yes: we re-run the model at current prices, rates and market conditions, or rework the document for a new addressee — a bank, an investor or a program.
Money flows to projects that can explain themselves. Write to us by email or messenger to discuss yours: we deliver business plans on time and in the format accepted by investors, banks and grant programs.
