Aquaculture BusinessPlan
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Executive Summary
The Executive Summary comes first, but can be written last. The Executive
Summary provides an overview of the business plan in on page or less.
This section provides the financial institution a “first impression” of your
business concept.
The Executive Summary should include:
The name and address of the fish farm.
The owner(s) names.
The Mission Statement of the business.
A brief description of the business to be conducted.
Legal Structure of the business.
Product(s) and/or services(s) to be offered.
Purchase terms, if buying an existing business.
Requested loan amount and how the loan will be repaid.
How the loan amount will be spent (broken down into categories).
Amount and form of the owner(s) equity (owner’s investment).
Expected outcome of business operations
The following sections of this template will help you gather the
necessary information for your business plan. The information can
then be summarized for the Executive Summary.
A. Company Overview
1. Company Name
2. Location (benefits, limitations, zoning)
3. Legal Structure and reasons for choosing this form of entity. List
the names of all principals involved in the business.
4. Type (product, service, retail, wholesale)
Describe your fish farm. Be sure to include total acreage,
acres of water, size of ponds, species of fish raised, and
whether this will be a pond or cage-cultured operation.
5. Size (sales, # of employees, sq. ft.)
6. History Highlights
If the business is being purchased or expanding an existing
business fish farm, a history of the business in required.
Details should include existence, current owner, current
location, types of species raised, market share, strengths,
weaknesses, why selling, and financial information for the
past three to five years.
7. Mission – Why you exist (values)
8. Vision – Where you want to go (nonspecific, directional,
motivational)