Job 14 of 16 · Outline

Turn your notes into a first-draft café business plan

The problem

Lenders and landlords often ask for a business plan. AI can structure your ideas and numbers into a draft. The numbers must be yours.

What AI does

AI organises your notes and figures into the structure of a first-draft business plan, marking every missing number instead of guessing. The figures are yours, and an accountant or adviser should check them before a lender sees it.

Time

Time: About 1 to 2 hoursTools: ChatGPT, Claude, Google Docs

The steps, in short

  1. Gather your notes on the concept, site, customers, menu, costs and funding needed.
  2. Have AI arrange it into a draft plan with gaps clearly marked.
  3. Fill each gap with real figures from quotes, costings and your accountant.
  4. Have an accountant or adviser review the numbers before you share the plan.

A short sample prompt

Organise my notes below into a first-draft business plan for my café, with clear headed sections. Stick to my own numbers, put [CHECK] wherever a figure is missing, and add no market statistics. Notes: [paste]

In the full playbook

  • 4 steps in full
  • The exact prompt to copy
  • A check-before-you-send list (3 points)
  • UK notes with official sources
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