"Great platform and instructional help. Look forward to executing this plan "
"This was very professional and easy to do."
"Very thorough. I'm glad that I made the purchase! "
"It was a great start to looking into my business strategy and making it become complete. Easy to understand and the results look great."
"Once I found Growthink I became super relaxed. I found the help I needed and felt I could now move forward from the place I stuck in. The place of wanting to get the business plan done and not knowing where to start or even.
Thank you. "
"I bought the business plan (since they had great reviews and looked professional) when I decided to buy it they offered the market research, and even though I've done market research myself before, I wanted to get a better professional market research done.
The business plan had good insight and comments for you to really make a professional business plan. The example was not the best but the comments were helpful.
The Market research on the other hand was a Terrible mistake!!!!
I was very clear that the business would be located overseas and I wanted to be sure that they would be able to deliver a market research for a hotel in France. When I filled all the questions they had for the research they didn't say the company did not know or didn't have access to that information.
The market research I received was terrible!! The figures were incomplete, they did not do any comp set even though I gave them 2 properties and asked if they could find 2 more. The numbers did not have any context or from what year they had been pulled. ALL of the sources were public domain (Apparently part of the service is having access paid statistics and numbers)
It was a simple google search in a Word document.
As far as the business plan spreadsheet, it had several mistakes (in the calculations)
And for a business plan for a hotel it didn't allow for revenue that was not Room Revenue.
No Food and Beverage and no other lines to be able to add in the assumptions tab.
Customer service was very poor, I complained about the spreadsheet having issues and not having all the revenue categories and I did get a response in less than 24 hours, but after that it was radio silence.
As far as the market research, I sent an email to the lady that sent it to me asking for more detailed information and I never got a response. Completely unprofessional.
I sent an email to customer service to unsubscribe from the monthly service that they offer and I gave her my feedback about the market research and the spreadsheet part of the business plan. The response was:
(This was copied and pasted from an email) "We appreciate your feedback and noted this."
I've worked in customer service for over a decade now, and I really try to be understanding and patient, but I was shocked that their response was a quick thanks for the feedback and we took note of this!
Let me clarify that I didn't write the feedback as a way to get my money back or anything like that. I wanted the product that they had advertised and I had already purchased. But no solution was offered."
"For my first business plan, this was an invaluable resource. It would have taken me months and months to get all of the information provided in this plan together! I definitely would have left out critical points, and I am an artist, not a business person so my procrastination alone may have left me in the dust. The market analysis was very helpful as well.
My bank was super impressed by our plan and we got a pre-approval on the same day!
Very happy with this purchase. "
"This is simple to download and the tools are comprehensive and easy to use. Great explainer videos too."
"My experience thus far has been easy, clear and helpful."
"Growthink has made creating a business plan as easy as possible. It has truly made this experience time saving and very exciting.
I would definitely recommend it to all serious entrepreneurs who are willing to put their ideas together and get started on their business.
The first video is also very helpful and the payment process is very straight forward.
Good job guys!!!"
"I've been avoiding building a business plan because I didn't know where to start. Growthink has been a great resource for making my business plan build-out simple and easy!"
"I thought I would never get this business plan done! With the help of this easy to follow and well explained guide I was able to be successful in preparing a competitive business plan and opening a successful business! Thank you so much !"
"Information is clear and concise."
"Video enticed me, price seemed reasonable and happy so far having had a quick scan of the documents which seem helpful and true to the sales video."
"I have been planning to start a business but keep on thinking I need to work hard and save for start-up capital. And I have this urge inside me saying that I should start with my venture but of course since I do not have funds all I can say is "HOW". And I am even clueless about how to start. While on the web research on how to start a business venture, I stumbled on Growthinks "BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATE" so I go through the website and learned about the reviews and stuff. Then suddenly I had a clearer picture of where to start. It feels amazing to have supported such as this. We really don't need to be experts on everything to be successful in what we envision. We just need to have the skill to find the right help."