Develop your funding plan; include the spreadsheets that would accompany a funding plan (please refer to Lesson 3):
- Current or pro forma income statement, balance sheet, and cash flows statement (minimum five years for each financial statement)
- Current funding request
- Equity or Debt?
- Terms?
- Time period request will cover?
- Future funding requirements over the next five years
- My intended use(s) of the current funding request
- Capital expenditures?
- Working capital?
- Debt retirement?
- Acquisitions?
- Purchase new equipment?
- Increase operation capacity?
- Any strategic financial plans for the future
- Buyout?
- Debt repayment plan?
- Selling the business (exiting)?
