When writing your business plan, be sure to project the revenues and expense totals for both the upcoming five years as well as the past three years. Growth assumptions are an important part of any business plan, but they can’t be made realistically without these past and future projections. But don’t clutter your business plan with too many details. Make these details available in an appendix, not in the body of the plan.

By and large, investors are seeking high-growth opportunities. They want to see your project or business in terms of a large, scalable opportunity. Double-digit growth will attract them, and revenues at twenty million or more within five years, if they can be proven, will definitely attract investor interest.