Business Plan Primer   Not all business plans are the same; the
type plan that is needed in start-up mode should be quite
different than what would be used in a later stage. Early stage
businesses should document milestones the team plans to
accomplish, with mini-plans for describing how the milestones
will be accomplished. Mature businesses have the luxury of using
broader brush strokes to describe processes, personnel, and
performance metrics. Regardless the stage, plans are required by
lenders or investors to whet their appetites.  Dave Lavinsky, in
a recent newsletter article  for GrowThink entitled The
Ammunition Every Business Needs, writes:  When you think about
it, this is really intuitive. Here’s why. Business plans are
read by investors and lenders for risk management reasons. These
money sources realize they are taking a risk with every check
they write, and want to mitigate this risk. The business plan
explains to them how the business will use their funding, and
paints a picture as to the likelih