Learn how to Write a Business Plan... (Yes! Even for Making Movies!)

We've just been through a steep learning curve last week. We attended a seminar on "The Business of Film Financing and Exploitation" by Ted Perkins.

The most valuable is knowing how to write a business plan - for movie-making. For all those filmmaker-wannabes out there, yes, you've heard right. We have to learn how to write a business plan. Unless, of course, you're really rich or have ready money to make your movie straight away. For the rest of us, we'd better get going with the business plan. That's the first step in sourcing for money.

But like any other business plans for other fields, I feel that having a business plan is really a good start whether I'm sourcing for funding or not. A plan makes my idea clearer and helps me develop a strategy. It will also spell out the kinds of risk involved for the investors. So everyone chips in with eyes wide open. That's very important.

I'll be working on the budget, the package and the business plan. I find that they go together hand in hand.

So for anyone (including Kee) who's interested to partner up or something, please be patient. Drop me an email if you're seriously interested. It's a huge learning process and the last thing we want is to get everybody into trouble - financially or legally - and doom the project forever.

We have more movies in the pipeline, remember?