You may have heard the great expression, "Failing to plan is planning to fail!"  In order to receive the capital you need to fund your business’ growth, you must present an interested investor with a great pitch and a great plan. It must be an INVESTABLE business plan. It has to answer his or her risk concerns and show that you and your team will be able to properly grow the company from where it is today to where it needs to be in the next 3-10 years.

Creating a business plan that gets funded requires a professional who can help you with business strategy as well as the writing process.  Listen to this interview with Business Plan expert Cheree Warrick.  In part 2, we play a clip from our popular "Great Quotes in Franchising" podcast.