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The plan is your roadmap to taking your business from concept to reality and it shows that you understand all of the segments of your roadtrip to becoming a successfull entrepreneur. The plan is for you and only after you can defend everything in it should you take it to the bank or to an investor to raise capital. For it to be real, you need to write it yourself or at a minimum you have to actively participate in the writing of it.