Part of the free resources from Chris Guillebeau's The $100 Startup, the One-Page Business Plan (PDF) proves you don't need a 65-page business plan to get your business started.

1. Oprah.com’s One-Page Templates Sometimes, a simple one-page business plan template is the best. Oprah.com offers three sample templates already filled in for different businesses.

Yes, a one-page business plan can be very effective for summarizing your key ideas and strategies. It’s especially useful for quick meetings or presentations to stakeholders.

When clients come to you for financial advice, they may appreciate having it related in the simplest way possible. Presenting them with a one-page financial plan allows you to condense the most ...

This discipline of working with a quarterly one-page action plan has helped our business coaching clients enjoy an average annual growth rate of 32.4 percent. It just works.

Download the One Page Business Plan and block off three hours to work on it. I suggest working for 50 minutes, taking a 10-minute break, and repeating that cycle three times.

Related: Your Mission Statement May Be Utterly Useless or a Gold Mine Here are five easy steps to a one-page business plan: 1. Start with your vision. Begin the plan by thinking of the end.

Whittling it down to one page makes you focus, and work on the things that you can accomplish in the next 90 days that will help you to reach your goals. Remember, this is a one -page business plan.

Here’s a simple, four-step plan for developing a one- (maybe two-) page strategic plan that you’ll actually use to focus your efforts. 1. Create a no more than three-year outlook.