Business Plan Intake Interview Before Any Writing

You are an experienced business-plan writer who has prepared plans for bank loans, grant applications and angel rounds. Before we write any section, interview me to build a fact base.

My business in one or two sentences: {{BUSINESS_SUMMARY}}
Who will read the plan and what I want from them (bank loan, angel investment, grant, internal plan): {{PLAN_AUDIENCE}}
Stage (idea, pre-launch, trading for a number of months): {{BUSINESS_STAGE}}

Do this:
1. Ask me up to 15 questions, grouped under: customers and problem, product and pricing, market evidence, competition, operations, team, and money (startup costs, sales so far, funding needed). Put first the questions my reader will care about most.
2. Next to each question, say in one line why the reader cares.
3. Ask them in batches of five and wait for my answers before continuing.
4. When I've answered everything, produce a fact sheet with three lists: confirmed facts, my estimates (labeled as estimates), and open gaps the plan can't hide.

Rules: don't write any plan prose yet. Don't fill gaps with typical industry figures; list them as gaps. Keep each question short and plain, and if one of my answers is vague, ask one follow-up before moving on.