If you'd rather do a business plan presentation than a Word doc, you can download one of Microsoft Office's half a dozen or so PowerPoint templates for just that purpose.

There are a ton of business plan templates out there, so you could always just dump your own information into one of them and run with it. After all, you just need it to get funding, and then you ...

Load PowerPoint and press "CTRL + N" to start a new document. Click "From Designer Template" from the "New" panel. Choose a template consistent with the theme of your business plan. For instance ...

Some of these templates already have a business plan laid out for you including a cover page, table of contents, section headers, places for your cash flow analysis and resume.

There are many variations of business plans today. Especially, with the rapid growth of lean startups. A few minutes on Google will provide plenty of free business plan template options.