templates
I'm looking for a good business plan LaTeX template for a web startup. In my opinion it shouldn't have a standing out "classic" look – for example, fonts like Caslon, Garamond or Computer Modern ooze too much authority for a small company in my eyes; however, I'm open to everything.
Any suggestions / pointers greatly appreciated!
Most sites point to the options below for formal letters:
Here is my .tex code for a formal letter or an invoice based on scrlttr2 (part of KOMA-script). I found the package flexible enough for my needs.
\documentclass[brief]{scrlttr2}
\setkomavar{yourref}{Microspino \\Address XX }
\setkomavar{yourmail}{mail@microspino.com}
\setkomavar{myref}{Your Refn. XXX}
\setkomavar{customer}{Client Name \\ Comapny name}
\setkomavar{invoice}{VAT NUMBER \\ IBAN}
\setkomavar{date}{\today}
\setkomavar{subject}{The very true reason I'm writing this thing}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}
{FirstNameTO LastNameTO\\
Address. XX\\
00100 Siena, Italy
}
\opening{Your majesty,}
Bla bla bla ....
\closing{All the best,}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
I'd like to add another tex letter source with a logo on the top-left and rulers, based on newlfm Remember to put a logo.pdf in the same folder of it otherwise it will complain:
\documentclass[10pt,stdletter]{newlfm}
\usepackage{charter}
\widowpenalty=1000
\clubpenalty=1000
\newsavebox{\Luiuc}
\sbox{\Luiuc}{%
\parbox[b]{1.75in}{%
\vspace{0.5in}%
\includegraphics[scale=1.0,ext=.pdf]
{logo.pdf}%
}%
}%
\makeletterhead{Uiuc}{\Lheader{\usebox{\Luiuc}}}
\newlfmP{headermarginskip=20pt}
\newlfmP{sigsize=50pt}
\newlfmP{dateskipafter=20pt}
\newlfmP{addrfromphone}
\newlfmP{addrfromemail}
\PhrPhone{Phone}
\PhrEmail{Email}
\lthUiuc
\namefrom{Daniele Spinosa}
\addrfrom{%
Polyfunctional Laboratory\\
Casal dei Pazzi\\
Siena, SI Italy 53100
}
\phonefrom{000-000-0000}
\emailfrom{nnnn@nnn.edu}
\addrto{%
Faculty of Somewhere\\
Department of Null and Nothing\\
Vacuum University\\
NoLand, XX 0000-0000}
\greetto{To Whom It May Concern,}
\closeline{Sincerely,}
\begin{document}
\begin{newlfm}
Let's talk about Italian developers...\\
Let's assume they are talented...\\
Let's assume they are skilled...\\
Let's assume they have a good government...\\
Ok Let's talk about real things.
\end{newlfm}
\end{document}
The labels package is excellent for this, if you want to hand-craft the layout within the card.
Thanks, @MartinScharrer, for your excellent suggestion. Here's a small(?), imperfect example for people to play with:
% !TEX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass[a4paper,9pt,oneside,landscape]{memoir}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[newdimens]{labels}
\setmainfont[Numbers={OldStyle,Monospaced}]{Brill}
\setsansfont{Source Sans Pro Light}
\LabelCols=5%
\LabelRows=2%
\LeftPageMargin=13.0mm%
\RightPageMargin=8.0mm%
\TopPageMargin=16.5mm%
\BottomPageMargin=16.5mm%
\InterLabelColumn=1.5mm%
\InterLabelRow=5.0mm%
\LeftLabelBorder=6mm%
\RightLabelBorder=6mm%
\TopLabelBorder=7mm%
\BottomLabelBorder=6mm%
\numberoflabels=10%
\LabelGridtrue% <-- or \LabelGridfalse
\newcommand{\phonei}{+44\textendash2323\textendash323232}
\newcommand{\phoneii}{+44\textendash7999\textendash797979}
\newcommand{\emaili}{carlos@dickens.org}
%
\begin{document}
\addresslabel[\fboxsep=5mm]{%
{%
\raggedright%
{\Large\scshape Charles Dickens}\\[1ex]
\textit{Narrative Typography}\\
\vspace{4ex}
48 Doughty Street\\
Holborn\\
London\\
{\textsc{uk: wc1n 2lx}}\\
\vspace{4ex}%
\hrule%
\vspace{4ex}%
\hfill{\small\textit{\phonei}}\\%
\hfill{\small\textit{\phoneii}}\\[2ex]%
\hfill{\small\sffamily\textbf{\emaili}}%
}%
}
\end{document}
And here's a bit of the output. Note that I've included the label borders, which I wouldn't do for 'production':
A rather late, and probably obvious, afterthought: although PC printers for "amateurs" generally produce consistent positioning on the page, the absolute position of the PDF sheet when printed may not match the exact boundaries of the paper. So if you're using expensive precut visiting card sheets, print a proof first, to check alignment with the actual cards.
Best Answer
To answer this older question: No, there seems to be no business plan template in LaTeX available. There is nothing on CTAN and I only could find unsuccessful forum / usenet threads about the topic:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/latexusersgroup/Dyz3Vyk7ZVk
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4659
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=787
In my experience this kind of documents is done by people which hardly use LaTeX. Even so it is normally done by a group of people which collaborate on it and as long not everyone is using LaTeX this doesn't work easily. I know it from my patent submissions where it is a little similar.
Even if someone would have written a good business plan with LaTeX it is a lot of work to turn it into a good, general template, which people which just finished a business plan usually don't have. I would recommend you to search for general guidelines about how a business plan should look like and then ask specific questions here if you have trouble getting one of the guidelines implemented.