business plans

Translating Consultant Gobbledegook

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New entrepreneurs need start up advice in simple, direct language.  Not consultant speak intended to confuse and impress.  They have enough problems, with all the B/S they get from government agencies (who nothing about the subject), vendor marketing pitches designed to part them from their start up cash. The last thing start up entrepreneurs need [...]

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11 Ways We Solve Your Business Information Problems

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Managing a small business involves solving a constant stream of information problems we didn’t know existed, or at least didn’t expect. It does for me, and probably does for you? One problem we don’t need is organising our information so we can find it when we need it. So we don’t forget important tasks, so [...]

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Business Planning for Entrepreneurs and Start Ups

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Planning ways a business will operate requires a vision, strategy, objectives and tactics – where are you going with it, how will you get there, and how will you keep on course? It also needs a template for the process, milestones, checklists and schedules to help you organise your thoughts. For most small businesses, planning [...]

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Seth’s Blog: The modern business plan

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Making a business plan make sense is more challenging than most might think- at least until they write one and try to persuade other people with it. It’s almost impossible to write a business plan which anybody so inclined can ridicule. And the less they know of the subject, the easier it is to do. [...]

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Seth’s Blog: 16 questions for free agents

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What’s in your value proposition? Can you explain in clear terms what you’ll do (and what you won’t do) and how it benefits you? Can you explain in terms your customer will understand why people choose you over the competition and how they’re better off, because they did? Here’s a list of questions entrepreneurs or [...]

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Why Business Plans Never Work

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My Business Plan never works, so why are we always being asked for meaningless spreadsheets? There is a type of business plan which makes sense, but it doesn’t have a lot to do with revenue, costs and cash. The way these pretend business people, in banking, government, support services etc. all ask for a copy [...]

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