About Us
Learn about us and meet The Business Plan Company team.
Thousands of small and medium businesses create business plans every year, to help them start and grow. Sometimes a small business needs a business plan to map out their direction, prepare for the future and gear up for growth and success. Other times, they have been asked for a business plan for a bank loan, for an investor, finance application, migration, licence, grant or other application.
Many businesses write their own business plans. We see some of these plans and whilst they usually contain some good content, they lack perspective and professionalism. In fact, it’s rare to see such a plan that is up to standard. For applications - professionalism and format count.
At The Business Plan Company, business planning is not 'just another service' that is added on to accounting, advisory or consulting, it's what we do. Our team are all business owners themselves, so they know what it’s like to live small business - day in, day out.
The Business Plan Company is about value. We don't over-charge like many corporate firms. Nor do we create cookie-cutter plans that are cut and pasted, cheap and meaningless. Whilst we produce a great looking document at the end, we know that the process of creating the business plan is equally important. It’s a great opportunity to learn, review, grow and set your future direction.
At The Business Plan Company, we strike the right balance of insight, efficiency, expertise and understanding. Our prices allow us to offer the best expertise, to create plans that fit your purpose without breaking the bank. With over 17 years’ experience in business planning, franchise development, tenders and business advice, we know what our clients want, know what works and maintain the highest attention to detail.
With a team of professional writers Australia-wide we have expertise in all fields and industries; we have written business plans for small start-ups right up to national tenders. Feel free to give us a call to talk about your needs. We look forward to speaking with you.
Dr. Warren Harmer
Chief Business Planner
Meet the Team
Our expert team of Australian-based business planners are all small business owners themselves with years of experience starting and operating small businesses. All of our business plans are prepared from scratch with no cut-and-paste. Our business planners know their stuff.
Warren
CEO and Founder
Warren has been a small business advisor and owner for over 20 years, starting and operating five business in that time. With thousands of business plans under his belt, there’s almost no business he hasn’t seen.
Sonia
Business Planner Melbourne
A successful business entrepreneur in the SME environment across a diverse range of industries. Sonia enjoys working with other small business owners and helping them to achieve their vision.
Arnold
Business Planner Melbourne
An entrepreneurial-minded hospitality professional with over 20 years’ experience in small business, including café start-ups and national coffee franchises. Arnold is passionate about small business and helping new migrants and refugees set up businesses in Australia.
Matt
Business Planner Sydney
With over 25 years’ experience as a successful owner and General Manager of SME’s and new companies, Matt has an established track record of solving commercial problems to achieve profitable outcomes for businesses.
David
Business Planner Perth
An experienced finance and small business professional and a previous senior financial member in the mining sector in Australia and internationally. David has hands-on experience in small and franchised retail businesses. His approach is friendly and personable, with a proven ability to improve and champion change.
Ian Grace
Business Planner Gold Coast
For 25 years, Ian has delivered his Advertising and Customer service training through Australia, NZ, USA, UK and Canada, most particularly specialising in the real estate industry, where he has been invited to speak 10 times at the US Realtors conference, the world's biggest – the only person outside of North America ever invited more than four times! He has been in management most of his life, including international Advertising Agencies, as well as his own. This has given him immense experience across many different industries and he was also contracted to the Federal Government's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS), helping those on benefits, to formulate their Business Plans and Financials and then mentoring them for a further 12 months. He worked with well over 200 small businesses on the Gold Coast and is very proud to have achieved the highest successful outcomes in the country, of 91.5% (as documented by the past National NEIS President).
Gael Nitereka
Business Planner Victoria
Gael has over 10 years of small business experience as an owner and a consultant in the education and international import/export industries. His focus is in marketing strategy and business modelling to ensure small businesses succeed.
Carly Cohen
Business Planner Melbourne
A successful business builder with over 15 years’ experience running a highly successful events business. Carly has a passion for helping people grow and scale their business by thinking creatively and asking the right questions. Carly has spent most of her working career in hospitality, making her an expert in the industry and outstanding at juggling multiple tasks without ever dropping the ball on her attention to detail. She has a down-to earth realistic approach to running a small business. Carly adopts an analytical approach and can find the most logical solution to any problem. She always operates with a values-based approach focussing on the high engagement of her clients and team.
Julian Foster
Business Planner Melbourne
With over 15 years’ experience delivering business value to tech start-ups, media, dot coms and in digital / ecommerce for SME’s to large enterprise and consumer brands provides the new founder with an advisory planning partner with a well-rounded skill set to help chart a course in line with the business vision.