The Importance of the Business Plan
Why every commercial cleaning company needs a business plan and how The Janitorial Agency can help
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail,” Harry Wong. Wong is one of the most respected educational gurus of our time in instructing teachers how to be more effective in the classroom. His book, The First Days of School, has sold millions of copies and continues to be the reference guide for veteran and new teachers alike. And the reason Wong has received such wide acclaim is due to the universal significance of his advice. If you fail to create a business plan, you plan to run your business into the ground. The Janitorial Agency requires its clients to write a business plan, and the purpose of this article is to explain why such a simple step is so vital.
Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War in the sixth century B.C.. While on the surface, this book is about a general’s role in warfare, today, The Art of War can be found in any library’s business section. The rules for engagement in business and in war have many parallels. Would a general storm a country’s shore without planning? How would The Battle of Normandy had gone if General Patton had said something like, “Okay guys. We’re taking on the world’s biggest military threat. Let’s get in there, give it all we’ve got, and see how it goes. Yes sir, you have a question? Um no, I don’t have a plan, let’s just see how it goes.” 
If my military leader said something like that, I’d be absent without leave in a heartbeat. No thinking businessman or woman should believe that abandoning conventional wisdom pertaining to business plans will lead to an end worth experiencing. For everything worth doing, a plan of attack is vital. The Janitorial Agency requires its clients to write a business plan because The Janitorial Agency has a vested interest in each and every cleaning company’s permanent success.
“About the only person who doesn’t need a business plan is one who’s not going into business. You don’t need a plan to start a hobby or to moonlight from your regular job. But anybody beginning or extending a venture that will consume significant resources of money, energy or time, and that is expected to return a profit, should take the time to draft some kind of plan.”
-Entrepreneur Magazine
Your commercial cleaning company, especially in its beginning stages, is subject to failure. What a business plan does is provide you with a sense of foresight into the problems and pitfalls all commercial cleaning businesses experience. After you’ve researched all of the potential follies that may or may not occur, you can map out how your commercial cleaning company will handle that concern if and when it happens. Business plans create a sense of peace in knowing that you’re prepared for the worst. They also help you plan for prosperity. And prosperity can be just as difficult to handle as adversity, sometimes more so.
There is no reason to NOT have a business plan
Why would success be harder to handle than adversity? For one thing, failure allows you to walk away and try something new. Success ropes you in and makes a person work harder than ever, without a break, unless the entrepreneur is prepared for growth. Many people don’t plan for success, believing that it will be easy enough to handle the extra money when it comes in. But success is more than monetary wealth. True success comes with a burden. To whom much is given, much is required. And to whom much more is given, much more is required. So do your research. Plan for everything; including the small stuff, because it all adds up.Maybe you’re a good improviser and don’t believe a plan is necessary. You say, maybe some people need plans, but I have good background knowledge and I think on my feet. Good! That will make your writing a business plan that much easier. When The Janitorial Agency decides that you would be a good fit for candidacy in a business relationship, and you would like to join their exclusive network, you’re still going to end up writing a business plan for your commercial cleaning business because it’s crucial to your businesses survival- not because The Janitorial Agency makes people jump through hoops for no good reason.
“Now that you’ve decided that you’d like to open a small business, you should put your thoughts down on paper. This way, your business idea is expressed in a plan - a living document that outlines every critical aspect of its operation. This step might sound intimidating, but it’s important.”
-SBA.org
The Janitorial Agency will help you write your business plan. When you’re in a relationship with The Janitorial Agency, you’re never alone. Your commercial cleaning company has responsibilities that The Janitorial Agency will help you shoulder. If writing a business plan for your commercial cleaning company sounds impossible, fear not. You can do it with the help of The Janitorial Agency.
“The importance of planning should never be overlooked. For a business to be successful, and profitable, the owners...must have a clear understanding of the firm’s customers, strengths and competition...Taking time to create an extensive business plan provides you with insight into your business. This document can serve as a powerful financing proposal...The companies that shelve the business plan after its completion...lose out on the real value of this useful tool in the growth and development of small and large businesses.”
-American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Look at any mainstream business; professional football coaches make plans, CEO’s make plans, teachers make plans, Hollywood producers have a plan … Everything in the world runs off a plan of some kind or another. But that doesn’t mean you have to feel confined by your plan. If in carrying out a plan you see something isn’t working, run an audible. Deviate, if you must. Learn another trick along the way. And then, you’ll have more knowledge to make your next set of plans. The Janitorial Agency is constantly finding new ways of improving its business model. Does that mean they don’t need a plan? No, it means that life teaches lessons that cannot always be known ahead of time. Business is all about growth, and growth’s not only about increased sales. Growth starts with increased knowledge, and then your sales take care of themselves.
“In today’s environment, a business plan is an entrepreneur’s most crucial business document. No company can expect to articulate its goals or to secure financing without a well-conceived and well-presented business plan.”
Legendary Venture Capitalist, Eugene Kleiner
The Janitorial Agency prepares its clients for real world success by holding its clients to the same standards as set by big business. If you weren’t planning on working with The Janitorial Agency, and were going to the bank for a commercial cleaning business loan, the bank would require a business plan in order to discover how much of a shot at success you actually have. If your business plan is shoddy and full of mistakes, the bank would assume that you are not a good candidate for a loan. But at The Janitorial Agency, they tutor their clients so that they get their business plans to the point where they need to be, fully orchestrated and functional.
There are multiple reasons to plan for business: to plan for low income months as well as high income months, to plan for taxes, to plan for all things that are parts of running a thriving business. The fact that The Janitorial Agency shows its clients the correct method of writing a business plan is just the tip of the proverbial ice-burg. They show their clients how to acquire and secure contracts, how to train employees as well as many, many other business essentials. If you’re interested in the $150 billion commercial cleaning industry, you can’t afford to miss this company.
