Writing a business plan a bank will actually read

A lender reads the numbers, the security, and the track record of the people. Much of what goes into a business plan — the mission statement, the market size pulled from a global report, the five-year projection to the nearest unit — is read quickly or not at all. What gets attention is a cash flow that shows the worst month, assumptions stated plainly enough to argue with, and a clear answer to what happens if revenue arrives three months late. For anyone who has raised finance here: what did the lender actually ask about?