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Necessity of planning

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A business plan, in principle, can be seen as a document that commercializes your business idea as a whole towards potential investors and stakeholders. A business plan is successful if you succeed in conveying to the reader the most significant opportunities and growth capacities of your company realistically.

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(2007). Necessity of planning. In: The Business Plan. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75267-7_1

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