A business plan is a written description of your business — what you sell, who you sell it to, how you make money, and what you need to succeed. Most new businesses don't need a 50-page deck; they need a clear one-page plan that founders, partners, and key employees can all repeat from memory. The two templates in this category are designed for that: a one-page business plan and a business plan NDA to protect the plan when you share it with potential investors, partners, or hires.
The single-page business plan captures the four questions every investor, lender, or strategic partner will ask: what is the product, who is the customer, how does the business make money, and what is the team. Answering those four concisely is more valuable than a 40-page document with the same answers buried in appendix C. Use the one-pager as your internal alignment tool, and only expand into a full plan if a specific investor or lender asks for one.
When you do share the plan outside the founding team — with a banker for a loan application, with a strategic partner for a co-development deal, with a potential hire for a sales VP role — wrap it in the business plan NDA first. The NDA explicitly identifies the document as confidential, sets a time period during which the information must remain private, and gives you legal recourse if the recipient shares it. Both templates in this category are fillable, print-ready, and compatible with any standard e-signature workflow.