Business Resources – Starting a Business [Royal Bank of Canada, RBC]

“Want to know an inside secret? The person you should write your business plan for is you, not your banker. Banks use their own objective criteria to make money-lending decisions. Of course, the fact that you have a business plan will definitely count in your favour. You’ll be better prepared with a business plan. Writing it forces you to think through basic questions and lets you fine-tune your ideas.”