Strategyzer’s Business Model Canvas is a strategic management and entrepreneurial template developed by Alex Osterwalder, that allows enterprises to develop new or document existing business models. The template is a visual, one-page chart with elements describing a firm’s or product’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances. This editable MS – Word, Power Point, and Excel versions were retrieved from Neos Chronos.
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The Lean Canvas is a strategic management and Lean Startup template created by Ash Maurya, that is used to describe how a company creates, delivers, captures, and defends value. Like the Business Model Canvas, the template is a visual, one-page chart with elements describing a firm’s or product’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances. It’s especially helpful when launching a new product or service, as it presents all ideas and potential problems in an organized, easy-to-understand list. Another great resource for startups, this template isn’t just for the planning phase—you can use it multiple times to organize any area of your business throughout its lifecycle. This editable MS – Word, Power Point, and Excel versions were retrieved from Neos Chronos. Read how to use the Lean Canvas by Neos Chronos.
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The Marketing Plan template by Hubspot covers a company’s overall approach for promoting its brand to a target audience. The process involves research, goal-setting, and positioning. A completed marketing strategy typically includes brand objectives, target audience personas, marketing channels, key performance indicators, and more. This editable MS-Word version was retrieved from Hunspot. Read more on how to use this template in the blog from Hubspot.
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The Customer Personas Canvas by Thomas Papanikolaou helps capture the demographics and psychographics of a specific customer / user segment as required for the implementation of the Customer Segments block in the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas. These editable MS – Excel versions were retrieved from Neos Chronos and from the MS-Word version from USDA.
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This Social Media and Digital Marketing Plan template by Backlinko, will help you plan, organize, and implement a social media marketing strategy that will drive actual business results. It includes setting clear goals and social media KPIs, foolproof methods to choose the right social networks, and a strategic engagement and promotion plan. This editable MS-Word version was retrieved from Backlinko. Read more on how to use this template in the blog from Backlinko.
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This Small Business Cash Flow Forecast template by Microsoft 365 can help you predict whether your business will have enough cash to meet its obligations. Projected cash balances below the minimum amount you specify are displayed in red. Enter your data and create a chart of your projected monthly balances. This editable MS-Excel version was retrieved from MS 365.
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This Business Expenses Budget template from Microsoft 365 helps you evaluate business expenses against your annual budget plan. It includes charts and graphs of your monthly variances and provides an analysis of planned and actual expenses and entries for typical costs, including lease, payroll, and more. With this monthly business expense template, you’ll know what you’re spending where. This editable MS-Excel version was retrieved from MS 365.
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This Conventional Business Plan template from SCORE includes easy-to-follow instructions for completing each business plan section, questions to help you think through each aspect, and corresponding fillable worksheet/s for critical sections. After you complete the 11 worksheets, you will have a working business plan for your startup to show your EPIC Accelerator mentor. This editable MS-Word version was retrieved from SCORE.
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This Lean Startup Business Plan template by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is useful if you want to explain or start your business quickly, your business is relatively simple, or you plan to regularly change and refine your business plan. The template uses only a handful of elements to help you describe your company’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances. It is useful for visualizing tradeoffs and fundamental facts about your company. This editable MS-Word version was retrieved from SBA.
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This sample Completed Investor Pitch Deck template by Dealsource Africa is a streamlined but informative presentation that provides potential investors with an overview of your business. It represents the first communication tool that helps you to communicate your business clearly and raise money from a potential investor. While the pitch deck alone will not seal an investment deal, it is a very important element that sparks investor interest in your business. This sample pitch is an excellent sample of a comprehensive pitch deck which you can use to guide you in developing a pitch deck for your business. This PDF version was retrieved from Dealsource Africa.
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This One-sentence pitch deck by the Founders Institute is useful for when you need to grab the listener’s attention quickly or to pique someone’s curiosity, and communicate all of the core elements of your idea in a clear and concise manner. This MS-Word version was retrieved from the Founders Institute.
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This Elevator Pitch Deck by the Founders Institute starts with the One-Sentence Pitch, and then expands to include the answers to these key questions: Why Now? Why is NOW the right time for this?; Why You?. Why are YOU (or your team) the right people to execute on this?; and lastly, What is Your Ask? This MS-Word version was retrieved from the Founders Institute.
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This One-Minute Pitch template by Founders Institute is useful after you have developed your Elevator Pitch and you are fundraising. Here you can add several key details to your Elevator Pitch that are relevant to investors: such as Market Size, Differentiators, etc. This MS-Word version was retrieved from the Founders Institute.
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Operating a food business in Nigeria requires compliance with various regulatory frameworks to ensure food safety, quality, and consumer protection. Certification and licensing are mandatory for local manufacturers, importers, and exporters. This Food Safety Certifications and Licence Overview provides an overview of key certifications and licenses required for food businesses in Nigeria.
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Food safety and regulatory compliance are essential in ensuring consumer protection, public health, and food trade sustainability. Compliance with food safety standards minimizes risks of contamination, foodborne illnesses, and legal penalties while enhancing business credibility. This Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance Guide provides an in-depth overview of food safety regulations in Nigeria and internationally, including best practices for compliance.
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This Quality Assurance Checklist is a practical checklist to help nutritious food MSMEs maintain food quality and safety standards in food manufacturing and processing environments.
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