Turn Your Research into a One-Page Business Plan using Runable

Updated October 19, 2026. Built step by step in a real Runable Free-plan account on 19 October 2026. Every screen in the practice is a real Runable screen, and every output is what Runable produced in that run. How we check this lesson

Research tells you the market is there. A plan tells you what to do next. In this free lesson you turn Harbor & Pine's research into a one-page launch plan with Runable's Report tool and its Business Plan template. Runable tags every line as a research fact or an assumption. Then you catch the one number that does not add up, a materials cost of $9 a candle against a $1,000 budget for 60 to 80 candles, and get it fixed with the math shown. The whole plan used 14 credits.

Start here first: Size Up Your Market and 5 Competitors Before You Spend a Dollar using Runable (module 1 of Runable for Entrepreneurs)

Part of: AI Apps Worth Knowing (step 10 of 49). Next up: Make an Instagram Launch Carousel for Your Products using Runable

The business case: a plan with one wrong number is worse than none

A plan writer charges $500 to $1,500, or you lose a weekend to a template. And if the plan says you make 70% on every candle when you really make 44%, you price, order and borrow on the wrong number. These are example numbers; use your own.

What you do in the lesson

You pick Report, then Business Plan, then a template, and paste your research facts over the template's sample prompt about a tea brand. Runable wrote the plan in 48 seconds: three scents at $30, markets first and online from week 3, a $3,000 budget, the first 30 days, a risk table and a day-30 decision rule, with every line tagged [F] or [A].

Then you read it like a lender. The first version said about $9 of materials per candle. Its own budget put $1,000 into 60 to 80 candles, which is $12.50 to $16.67 each. You ask for the fix with the math, and Runable adds a unit economics table: $16.67 a candle and a 44% gross margin at $30, and notes that the $1,000 is itself an estimate.

Links

• Runable: the AI agent this course teaches. Its Free plan showed 1,500 credits a day when we tested it in October 2026.
• Runable pricing: current plans, credits and limits. Check them before you rely on the Free plan.

Step by step: Turn Your Research into a One-Page Business Plan using Runable

All 19 steps of the interactive module, in order. In the module you watch each one, then do it yourself in a practice copy that checks your work.

1. A plan, not just research

1. See what one wrong number costs. Maya has the research from lesson 1. Now she needs a one-page plan. A plan writer costs $500 to $1,500. And a plan with one wrong cost in it is worse than none: think you make 70% on every candle when you really make 44%, and you price, order and borrow on the wrong number. Click the margin row.

   Maya has her research. Now she needs a one-page plan. A plan with one wrong number is worse than no plan.

2. Use the Business Plan template. Runable's Report tool has a Business Plan starting prompt. You swap in your own facts and get a one-page plan. Click the Runable card.

   Runable has a Business Plan template. You swap in your own facts.

3. Gather your facts first. These are the facts from lesson 1: the market range, competitor prices, your price, channels and a $3,000 budget. The plan should stand on these and nothing else. Download a copy on this page, then click the facts.

   These are the facts from your research. The plan should stand on these, and nothing else.

2. Start from the Business Plan template

4. Open Report. On the home screen, under Productivity, click Report.
5. Pick Business Plan. Report offers starting prompts: Literature Review, Trend Report, Financial Report, Market Research, SWOT and more. Click Business Plan.

   Pick a starting prompt.

6. Use a template. Each template is a layout for the finished report. Click Use Template on the first one, a plain multi-page plan.

   Each template is a layout.

7. Swap in your facts. The template adds a sample prompt about Kosho Tea. Select that text and paste your own prompt over it. It names the plan, gives the facts, lists the sections, and asks Runable to mark anything that is an assumption.

   The template comes with a sample prompt about a tea brand. Replace it with yours. Ask it to mark every assumption.

   Write "Business plan: Harbor & Pine" as a one-page launch plan for my small-batch soy candle brand in Portland, Oregon. Use these facts from my research: the US scented candle market is roughly $1.4-$2.4 billion in 2025 (analyst estimates); five online competitors sell 8-9 oz candles for $25-$44; my price is $28-$34; I sell online and at local markets; my starting budget is $3,000. Cover the customer, offer, price, channels, first 30 days and risks. Mark anything that is an assumption, and end with a recommendation.

8. Send it. Click the arrow to send it.

3. Read the plan like a lender would

9. Open the plan. It worked for 48 seconds. It recommends three scents at $30, markets first and online from week 3, and a decision at day 30. It also flags that the template image was an executive-search proposal, so it only used it as a layout. Click Open.

   It took under a minute. Three scents, thirty dollars, markets first.

10. Learn the tags. Every line is tagged: [F] is your research fact, [A] is an assumption to verify. Read a plan like a lender would: the [A] lines are the ones to check. Click the Tags line.

    Every line is tagged. F is a fact from your research. A is an assumption. The A lines are the ones to check.

11. Find the number that does not add up. Scroll to Price. The plan says about $9 of materials per candle and 70% margin. But its own budget puts $1,000 of materials into 60 to 80 candles, which is $12.50 to $16.67 a candle. Click the unit economics line.

    Look at the price section. It says nine dollars of materials a candle. But its own budget says a thousand dollars for sixty to eighty candles. That's twelve fifty to sixteen sixty-seven. The numbers don't match.

4. Fix the number that does not add up

12. Ask for the fix, with the math. Tell Runable exactly what is wrong and ask it to show the math. Paste the message into Type your message...

    Tell it what's wrong. And ask it to show the math.

    The materials budget is $1,000 for 60-80 candles. That is $12.50-$16.67 a candle, not $9. Fix the unit economics so every number in the plan matches, and show the math.

13. Send the fix. Click the arrow to send it.
14. Check the new math. The plan now has a Unit economics table: $1,000 / 60 = $16.67 a candle, $30 - $16.67 = $13.33 profit, 44% gross margin, before fees, shipping and labor. Runable also says the $1,000 is itself an estimate. Click the table.

    Now there's a table. Sixteen sixty-seven a candle. Forty-four percent margin. And it admits the thousand dollars is an estimate too.

15. Open the export options. Now take it with you. Click the arrow next to Export.

    Now take it with you.

16. Open it in Word. You can download Markdown or PDF, or open it in Google Docs or Word to edit and add your logo. Click Open in Word.

    You can download it, or open it in Google Docs or Word to edit.

17. See what it cost. Back in the chat, the right panel shows Credits used: 14 for the whole plan and the fix. Click Credits used.

    The whole plan, and the fix, used fourteen credits.

5. What it saved, and what is next

18. See what you have now. A one-page plan with every fact and assumption tagged, and unit economics that match the budget, for 14 credits. It only knew what you told it, so get real supplier quotes. Click What you have now.

    A one-page plan. Every assumption tagged. And the math adds up. All for fourteen credits.

19. Up next. Next you make an Instagram launch carousel for the three scents. Click Up next.

    Next, you'll make an Instagram launch carousel.

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Frequently asked questions

Can Runable write a business plan?

Yes. Runable's Report tool has a Business Plan starting prompt and templates. In our test it wrote a one-page launch plan in under a minute for 14 credits.

Are the numbers in an AI business plan reliable?

Treat them as a draft. Our first version had a cost per candle that did not match its own budget. Ask the AI to tag assumptions, divide the key numbers yourself, and ask it to show the math when they disagree.

Can I edit the plan in Word or Google Docs?

The Export menu offers Download as Markdown or PDF, Open in Google Docs, Open in Word and Save to Google Drive. We opened the menu but did not run the export.

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