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Making small business plans & knowing your customer (free business plan template) [3/12]

Business plan templates can seem confusing. In this Australian Business Podcast episode Owen Rask walks us through how to create a business plan and know your customer.

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Australian Business Podcast episode #3 is now live on the Rask network: creating a business plan and knowing your customer.

In this episode, I — Owen Rask, founder of The Rask Group — dive into the following business topics:

  1. Creating a business plan
  2. Factors to consider when planning a business
  3. Knowing what should go into a business plan
  4. Why the banks require a business plan
  5. Building a customer profile (and why this is vital)
  6. Free business templates

This episode of The Australian Business Podcast aligns perfectly with lesson three of Rask’s free business course: building business plans. You can download our business plan template on Rask Education.

Here’s what Rask’s customer profile looks like:

Source: Rask business course

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As Warren Buffett famously said, “I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.”Ā 

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