When a decision is made to take such a leap as opening your own business, guidance and structure from those that have the knowledge base is invaluable. There is no reason to re-create a format for an overall plan that is already created.

We are very close to finalizing our plan and opening our store with the next 3-4 months. Thank You!

April Ranceful
Parrish, FL

The general outline of the text and finances was really the most helpful part. Having that basic map for a pretty complex document made it much easier. I do not have a finance background at all, but looking at the financials and seeing what was important really has taught me how to think about things from that angle. Very helpful.

I would recommend the business plan as a tool to help get focused; it's definitely a great outline and the financials are essential and well done.

Jennifer Dundas
Brooklyn, New York

The business plan helped me generally organize the overview for my ice cream dipping store. I found it to be a helpful guide to getting a handle on the overview of creating a retail ice cream store.

Daria Castiglione
Denver, CO

The business plan helped me to enhance what I already have and currently use. I would recommend this business plan to others because it's important to have good solid information when starting a business and any materials that can dispel some of the myths and put things into a clear focus is good.

Yahya Muhammad
Chicago, IL

WOW! Great stuff in this new success guide of yours. It explains alot about subjects I didn't understand clearly, and includes a lot of the specifics I've been looking for. Looks like you spent a great deal of time documenting the details.

Daria Castiglione
Denver, CO

"The Gelato Business Plan had everything we needed to put our business plan together. It's the best money we've spent. Since my husband and I are accountants we were able to go through it very easily and edit.

I would tell anyone who needs to put a business plan together to look into purchase it from you. Most people don't know how to put a business plan together, as most accountants do not either. So this was an excellent item for us."

Joann Constantine
Vineland, NJ

"I liked the industry information and references contained in the Gelato Business Plan. The charts and data displayed in the marketing section were also very helpful and saved me time in developing that part of my business plan."

Margaret Marazon
Athens, OH

"The industry analysis is very valuable. It helped me evaluate the potential of our store in our market area. I think the gelato business plan was a good starting point."

Stephen Hovis
Nashville,TN

"The itemization of market breakdown of the fictional company in the business plan was helpful. The spreadsheet itemizing the startup costs also helped to get us organized. You outlined items that we simply had overlooked.

I would recommend that people buy this plan because any tool that provides an organized approach to tackling the 100s of issues related to opening a business is beneficial."

Gregory Hathorn
Alabama

"The industry analysis was very powerful when we pitched our idea to bankers and investors. Several people commented on how much detail there was and how it really makes the case for a gelato business.

I believe that the real purpose of writing a business plan is in the process. By writing down your plan, it raises questions that have to be addressed. The plan helped us organize the process better and gave us some ideas for addressing the questions that were coming up as we customized the plan."

Bruno Tropeano

"I found the industy analysis to be the most helpful (trends, forecases, etc.) I would recommend this business plan to others as the analysis alone was worth it.

Quantifying what we're trying to do will be a great help to secure funding. The business plan was well organized and followed much of the outline we developed for our model."

Peter Tengerdy
Denver, CO