Business deck types · Core

Business plan

Also called: business planning document

ELI5

A written plan for how a business will work and grow.

“The business plan must explain how the assumptions become cash.”

A document describing a business's goals, market, model, operations, team, risks and financial plan.

Here “Business plan” means: A document describing a business's goals, market, model, operations, team, risks and financial plan.

You will see “Business plan” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business deck types.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business deck types without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.