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  1. Aus

    I want to thank you for making this Lean Plan for everyone to access. It has been very helpful and I have been studying it the whole day today.
    I want to ask whether some points will actually affect the business if it is a franchise unit outside of the country. I think it eliminates many factors within the plan, am I wrong?
    I want to also ask whether a Lean Plan is sufficient enough to show to my investor, and family – I feel from reading all of this, that it is 100% suited for that.

    thank you Tim

    Cordially Yours,

    Aus Q.Nasir

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  2. Tim Berry – Eugene, OR – Founder and chairman of Palo Alto Software, founder of bplans, co-founder of Borland International, Stanford MBA, author of books and software on business planning and startups, baby boomer, exhippy, married 53 years, father of five.
    Tim Berry Post author

    Aus, thanks for your questions:

    1. When the business is a franchise unit, the franchisor normally sets the strategy and tactics. It’s part of what the franchisee pays the franchisor for. So I agree with your assumption that the franchisee/franchisor relationship eliminates the need for that part of the plan.
    2. What you show an investor and your family depends on what they want to see. What I see in the investor group I’m in is that the lean plan is fine and definitely enough information when used in combination with a pitch presentation to show the story behind the market. Some investors will want more in the market analysis, in which case you can put that into the pitch or in a separate additional summary. In Appendix B: Sharing Your Plan I suggest that you might add a pitch presentation or additional material to summarize whatever else you want to add for investors or others.
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