Table of Contents
User Guide
Pet Grooming Business Plan Helper
& Sampler
Grooming Business in a Box™ CD-ROM & User Guide

 Table of Contents

Introduction

  • Businesspersons That Groom

  • 5 Steps

  • Features for All Users and Advanced Users

Step 1: Read the Sample Business Plans

Chapter 1: Seven “Real” Pet Grooming Business Plans

  • A Treasure Chest for Pet Grooming Business Plan Writers
  • List of Illustrated Business Plans
    • One-Person Home-based Groomer
    • One-Person Mobile Grooming Business
    • Pet Boutique with a Grooming Department
    • Self-Serve Pet Wash Start-up
    • Purchase of an Existing Pet Grooming Business
    • Addition of a Grooming Department
    • One-Person Expansion into a Team Grooming Operation
  • Use of Illustrated Business Plans
  • Read the Sample Business Plans Prior to Writing Your Plan
  • Don’t Rush Your Plan

Step 2: Get Prepared to Create Your Business Plan

Chapter 2: Become the Businessperson That Grooms™

  • Motivation

Chapter 3: The Dual Purpose of a Business Plan

  • Confidence in Your Venture
  • Other Uses for Business Plans
  • Your Plan Reflects You

Chapter 4: Common Business Planning Mistakes

  • Poor Attitudes
  • Misuse of Plans
  • Having Someone Else Write Your Plan
  • Developing Businesspersons That Groom
  • One-Sided Purpose
  • Keep It Simple
  • Favoritism
  • Overwork
  • No Performance Standards
  • Poor Record Keeping
  • Lack of Updates

Chapter 5: It’s Starts with Your Idea

  • What is Your Mission Statement?
  • What Are Your Priorities?
  • Sales Revenue and Operating Costs Snapshot

Chapter 6: Components of a Business Plan

  • A Look Ahead
  • Standard Elements
  • Critical Concerns
  • Standard Outline Used by Pet Grooming Business Plan Helper
  • Time Periods

Chapter 7: Starting a New Grooming Business

  • The Realities of Owning a Business
  • The Form of the Company
  • Licenses and Permits
  • Taxpayer Identification and Employer Identification Numbers
  • Your Business Name
  • Cash, Cash and More Cash

Step 3: Gather and Organize Information

Chapter 8: Stop, Don’t Pass Go You Collect All Information

  • No “Swiss Cheese” Business Plans
  • Get Organized Now
  • 9 Information Gathering Tasks Checklist
  • You Are Ready to Collect, Sort and Organize Business Plan Information
  • Task 1: Your Company Information
  • Task 2: Grooming Industry Information
  • Task 3: Your Services and Retail Products Information
    • Services
    • Retail
  • Task 4: Personnel & Wages Information
    • One Person Businesses
    • Businesses With Staff
    • Payroll, Taxes & Benefits
  • Task 5: Market Description Information
  • Task 6: Start-up Expenses and Start-up Assets Information
    • Start-up Expenditures
    • Summary of Planned Purchases
  • Task 7: Your Financial Contribution Information
  • Task 8: Additional Information for Expansion Based Plans
  • Task 9: Additional Information for Plans Purchasing an Existing Business
    • Sources for Business Assistance
  • The Next Step

Step 4: The Workbook to Create Your Business Plan

Chapter 9: How to Use the Workbook

  • Computer Programs and Experience Required
  • Did You Pass Go Correctly?

Chapter 10: Setup for the Fill-in Grooming Business Financial Plan

  • Copy Files to Your Computer Hard Drive
  • Backup Your Files!
  • Color Shading Legend
  • The Mary Groomer Business Plan Illustrations
  • Professional Review

Chapter 11: Excel® Workbook 1: Estimated Pet Population Market Analysis

  • Introduction
  • Who Should Use This Spreadsheet
  • Instructions
  • Table and Graph

Chapter 12: Excel® Workbook 2: Pet Owner Client Base Calculator

  • Introduction
  • Who Should Use This Spreadsheet
  • Where Will This Information Be Used
  • Instructions
    • Calculator
  • Appointment Frequency is Everything
  • Preparing a 5 Year Client Base Marketing Goal Table and Graph
  • Printing Instructions

Chapter 13: Excel® Workbook 3: Start-up Purchases Planner

  • Introduction
  • Who Should Use This Spreadsheet
  • Leasehold Improvements
    • Floor Plans
    • Inspections
    • Multiple Written Estimates
    • Don’t Overbuild
  • Mobile Vehicles
  • Other Start-up Assets & Expenses
  • Entering Line Item Purchases
  • Graph
  • Printing Instructions
  • Additional Uses for the Spreadsheet

Chapter 14: Excel® Workbook 4: Grooming Wage Calculator

  • Introduction
  • Who Should Use This Spreadsheet
  • Hourly and Salary Wage Calculations
  • Commission Based Wage Calculations
    • Commission Rate
    • Average Grooming Service Fee
    • Average Number of Pets Groomed Daily
    • Average Number of Days Worked Annually
    • Less Reimbursements by Pet Groomer
  • Graph
  • Printing Instructions

Chapter 15: Excel® Workbook 5: Master Financial Plan

  • Introduction
  • Keys to Successfully Completing the Master Financial Plan Spreadsheets
  • Who Should Use This Spreadsheet

Chapter 16: The Sales Forecast Spreadsheet

  • Introduction
  • First Year Sales for Start-ups
  • First Year Sales for Expansion Business Plans
  • Instructions for the Sales Forecast Spreadsheet
  • The Mary Groomer Business Plan Sales Forecast
    • Calculating Month 1
  • Entering Unit Prices
    • Mary’s Unit Prices for Year 1
  • Completing the Unit Prices Table
    • Mary’s Unit Prices for Years 2 to 5
  • Entering Unit Sales in Years 2 to 5
    • Mary’s Annual Unit Sales for Years 2 to 5
  • Summary

Chapter 17: The Personnel Projection Spreadsheet

  • Introduction
  • Instructions
    • One Person Business
    • Businesses with Staff

Chapter 18: The Start-up Requirements Summary Spreadsheet

  • Assets vs. Expenses
  • Instructions
  • Printing Instructions

Chapter 19: The Start-up Funding Spreadsheet

  • Instructions
  • Balancing Your Start-up Funding
  • Important Cash Required Reminder
  • Comparative Examples

Chapter 20: The Profit and Loss Projection – 5 Year Summary Spreadsheet

  • Instructions
  • Existing Businesses Charting Expansion Plans
  • Year 1 Losses and Adjustments
  • Table and Graph

Chapter 21: The Profit and Loss Projection – 12 Month Detail Spreadsheet

  • Instructions
  • Losses in the Net Profit Row

Chapter 22: The Break-even Analysis

Chapter 23 – Pro Forma Cash Flow Projection – 5 Year Summary Spreadsheet

  • Instructions
  • Pink Cells – The Alert Factor
  • Graph

Chapter 24: The Pro Forma Cash Flow Projection – 12 Month Detail Spreadsheet

  • Instructions
  • Pink Cells – The Alert Factor
  • Graph

Chapter 25: The Balance Sheet Spreadsheet

  • Simplified
  • Pink Cells – The Alert Factor

Chapter 26: Word® Document: Pet Grooming Business Plan

  • Keep it Simple
  • Instructions

 Step 5: Package Your Business Plan and Get Financed

 Chapter 27: Package Your Business Plan

  • Summary Document
  • Track Your Plans
  • Don’t Bank Hop
  • Confidentiality Agreement

Chapter 28: Get Financed

  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Family, Friends and Contacts
  • Commitments
  • Lenders Fund Most Grooming Business Plans

 Appendix

  • Print Version of the Word® Document: Pet Grooming Business Plan

  • Sampler of 7 “Real” Grooming Business Plans