ActionPLAN

Built in partnership with the team at LivePlan, ActionPLAN is a simple, yet highly effective business planning tool that helps business owners like you easily write a powerful business plan, secure funding and empower you to achieve your business goals.

What is ActionPLAN?

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“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” - Warren Buffet

Research has shown that companies that have created a detailed business plan against which they track their progress grow 30% faster than those that don’t. A study published in Small Business Economics also found that entrepreneurs who invest the time to create a comprehensive plan for their business idea are 152% more likely to start their business than those who don’t commit the time.

But it’s also worth considering that creating and executing a written business plan has less to do with precisely predicting the future, but more to do with the habit of setting clear goals, tracking your actual progress toward those goals, and then adapting and evolving your business as you learn more about your customers and their expectations.

“Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.” - Sun Tzu

Business planning doesn't have to be onerous, difficult or expensive. In fact, we believe it should be fun, exciting and liberating!  We have found that in reality, most business owners spend longer planning their holidays than they do their business! Does this sound like you? Here are some of the most common reasons we’ve heard over the years for not creating a cohesive business plan:

  1. “I’m too busy working ‘IN’ my business to have time to work ‘ON’ it…”
  2. “I just don’t know how to get started with writing a great business plan…”
  3. “It must be expensive and complicated to write a professional business plan…”
  4. “There will be weeks of business disruption while the plan is created…”
  5. “My business is already successful, so I don’t really need a business plan…”
We have heard many others too, but we think you get the picture. ActionPLAN is the perfect solution to get you up and running with a powerful plan through which you can supercharge the growth of your business.

Here’s how the system works

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Create your pitch

Your ActionPLAN Pitch is a powerful one–page summary of your business that clearly articulates your vision, purpose, mission and strategy. This allows you to understand the fundamentals of your business model and also enables you to explain your business to anyone in around 60 seconds! With ActionPLAN you can export your pitch to PowerPoint, share it on social media and even publish it on the web.

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Build your plan

Once you have created your Pitch, ActionPLAN takes you through the process of creating a comprehensive business plan. The portal includes a step-by-step guide through the process with video & text tutorials, examples, definitions, prompts and benchmarks. Your ActionCOACH NextLEVEL Business Growth Specialist will guide you through the process.

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Fund your plan

Many entrepreneurs fund their own businesses by ‘bootstrapping’ - raising funds from their families, friends, and often their own life savings. If you truly want to scale your business, you may choose to approach investors and lenders to provide the capital you need. ActionPLAN has beautiful, professionally designed pitch decks and presentations that allow your business opportunity to stand out above the rest.

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Execute your plan

ActionPLAN makes it simple to monitor, analyse and manage your business through powerful financial performance metrics and dashboards that link directly with QuickBooks or Xero. Create scenarios to test strategies, compare performance against benchmark data and collaborate with your team in real time, accessible from anywhere in the world with a viable internet connection.

ActionPLAN is included in the following memberships

ScaleUP Membership

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“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up somewhere else” - Yogi Berra

Book a FREE virtual coffee with one of our Member Success Advisors to discover how ActionPLAN can help you to improve the performance and value of your business…

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Real people, real results

See how business leaders just like you have partnered with ActionCOACH NextLEVEL and used our proven tools, systems, and frameworks to achieve dramatic, sustainable personal and business growth.

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If you aren’t improving or changing the things that are stopping, you from achieving your goals then you’ve got to look at yourself as an investment.

– Harvey Sutton, Managing Director of Suttons IFA

I‘ve learned to run a successful business rather than have a job or be an employee of my own business. I actually run the business and that staff members have noticed the difference.

– Joanne Ferguson, Managing Director of CS Cleaning

Do I believe coaching is for everybody? I think you’ve got to put the work in. Your coach will get the best out of you, but you need to put that work in. It’s worth it and it pays dividends in every single way.

– Ryan Michlig, Managing Director of Right Vape.

Since working with ActionCOACH, James and Sam have seen and increase of 116% in net profit with 8 new team members onboarded. They’ve achieved a better work life balance and are able to work on the business rather than in the business.

– Sam George and James Dean, Director and Managing Director, Western Building Consultants

Getting ActionCOACH involved in his business allowed Pete to tap into the expertise of the coach and push the business into a new direction of growth. In a short space of 6-8 weeks, Pete noticed the shift in his mindset, a better structure for the business and clarity with his figures.

– Pete Wharton, Managing Director, Wharton Natural

Since working with Action Coach, Jo Maltby of Willow Brooke Day Nursery has seen gross profits increase from 750K to 1.1M! With the help of tools and strategies from ActionCOACH she has been able to hire 29 new team members and significantly reduce her working hours to prioritise family time.

– Jo Maltby, Managing Director, Willow Brooke Day Nursery

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