| You went to vet school because you love animals. | | | | format. Avoid the temptation to scribble on a napkin |
| You learnt the ropes working in a vet clinic after your | | | | from a diner. Writing a proper business plan allows you |
| graduation. What’s next but to open up your own | | | | to clarify why you want to open a vet clinic, both to |
| vet clinic, right? You've found a good location, a | | | | yourself and your investors. |
| potential crew and even designed your new business | | | | With this structured information, it is possible to predict |
| card. But wait, there's that sticky issue of money; the | | | | possible disadvantageous scenarios or pitfalls that may |
| bank wants to see your business plan. What are they | | | | threaten your venture and draw up appropriate |
| talking about? | | | | countermeasures. A business plan also allows you to |
| If you want to start up a vet clinic of your own, you will | | | | map out a Veterinary Practice Marketing strategy (via |
| need more than an avid love for animal welfare and | | | | market analysis) and set business and financial targets, |
| excellent bedside manner for your grand plan to get | | | | which you can monitor from time to time, to ensure |
| off the ground. Though it may seem ridiculously | | | | your clinic is profitable. |
| troublesome to draft at first, you should never | | | | When it comes to writing a business plan, you can |
| underestimate the value of a good business plan and a | | | | both do it yourself from scratch with the aid of |
| strong Veterinary Practice Marketing to own a | | | | templates and guides available online. You can also get |
| profitable vet clinic. You can protest all you want, but a | | | | help from your local Small Business Association or hire |
| vet clinic is a business, not a charity, and any investor | | | | a business plan writer, or get help from a small |
| would want to know why they should give you their | | | | business marketing coach. Whichever method you |
| money. | | | | choose, you need to have a business plan that |
| The primary purpose of any business plan is to help | | | | establishes your purpose, goals and targets for |
| you and your partners or investors determine if your | | | | opening a vet clinic if you want it to be profitable in the |
| idea is commercially viable, that is, whether it will be | | | | years to come. |
| sustainable and profitable. In writing a business plan to | | | | Setting up your own establishment is never easy, but |
| own a profitable vet clinic, you will also find that it brings | | | | there’s no need to make it more difficult for |
| your ideas and any data together in a more structured | | | | yourself by not having a good business plan. |