Guides for planning, analysis, financial decisions, and exports

Blog and resources

Deep dives on consultant-style business planning, market and competitor analysis, deterministic financials, editable plans, and tier-based PDF, DOCX, or XLSX outputs for founders and SMEs.

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Funding

How to Get a Business Loan in the Maldives: BML, SDFC, and MIB

A practical guide to SME financing in the Maldives — what Bank of Maldives, SDFC, and Maldives Islamic Bank look for, the documents you need, and how to prepare a business plan that passes a credit review.

Last updated 15th August 2026

Financials

DSCR Explained for Maldivian SMEs: The Number Your Bank Checks First

What the debt service coverage ratio is, why Maldivian lenders anchor on 1.25x, how to calculate yours in MVR, and what to change when your projection falls short.

Last updated 15th August 2026

Funding

A Bank-Ready Business Plan for a Maldives Guesthouse

What a lender-ready guesthouse business plan looks like: occupancy-based revenue assumptions, seasonality, startup costs, and the repayment evidence BML and SDFC expect.

Last updated 15th August 2026

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Fundraising

Founder Storytelling: Make Your Business Plan Narrative Memorable

Craft a founder story that makes your product, traction, and plan feel inevitable to investors and lenders during startup fundraising meetings.

Last updated 3rd July 2026

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Financials

Financial Modeling Basics Without the Headache

A lightweight startup financial model approach investors and lenders trust: revenue drivers, runway, burn rate, and clear funding path assumptions.

Last updated 1st July 2026

Market Research

AI Market Research Playbook for Early Teams

Use AI market research to size your market, map competitors, and uncover wedge opportunities that strengthen your investor-ready business plan and funding documentation.

Last updated 29th June 2026

Fundraising

Business Plan Narrative That Gets You to the First Meeting

How to shape your investor-ready business plan into a compelling narrative for lenders and investors, using the same planning logic as your financial model and market research.

Last updated 24th June 2026

Fundraising

Funding Readiness Checklist: From Narrative to Numbers

An investor-friendly funding readiness checklist to sharpen your plan narrative, financial model, and supporting materials before startup fundraising or lender meetings.

Last updated 17th June 2026

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Business Planning

Best AI for Business Plans 2025: Guide and Tools Comparison

A practical guide for startup founders choosing an AI business plan generator for investor-ready business plans, pitch decks, market research, and startup fundraising.

Last updated 10th June 2026

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Case Study

Funderly Case Study: From Consulting Workflow to an AI Business Planning Platform

How Funderly productized a consulting-style decision path into an AI business planning platform for founders and SMEs, combining analysis, brand, deterministic financial modeling, editable plans, and export-ready outputs.

Last updated 3rd June 2026