Posts Tagged ‘Business Plan’
Tips for Getting an Equipment Loan for Your Small Business
Equipment is a crucial aspect to consider when creating a small business. At some point, you will need to acquire funding for the necessary machinery to run your company.
Read More Startups without Business Plans are Expensive Hobbies
Based on my experience as an investor and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, one of the quickest ways to kill your credibility and your startup is to offer a poorly written business plan.
Read More What Do I Include in a 1-Page Business Plan?
I am entering a competition that is asking for a one page business plan and I am having a hard time trying to determine what to put on it and what not to include. What information is absolutely required?
Read More 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Quitting Your Day Job to Start a Business
While it is good to learn from mistakes, it’s better to avoid them altogether. Avoiding these mistakes will not only increase your chances of succeeding but will also help facilitate your dream of becoming your own boss and travelling the world.
Read More 5 Misconceptions About Business Plans
How necessary is a business plan when starting a business? Is writing a business plan just a waste of time? Is a business plan the only way I can get my idea funded?
Read More Make Your Business Plan Stand Out
Most likely if you are looking to borrow money to start a business you are aware that you need a business plan. This is true whether you are looking to obtain unsecured business finance, a traditional start up business loan, or any other kind of small business financing.
Read More Top Mistakes to Avoid When Writing a Business Plan
The entrepreneurial industry is booming with idealistic youth hoping to strike gold with their concepts. But before money can start pouring in, entrepreneurs will need to capital—often through small business loans from banks, but also from venture capitalists and other investors.
Read More When So-Called Experts Say Don’t Do a Business Plan…
Don’t do a long static formal business plan. Do a lean, just-big-enough business plan. Deal with it as a constantly-renewing latest version, with a shelf life of a few weeks at most.
Read More Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup is a Hobby
Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return.
Read More It’s Mostly in the Execution
“Everybody’s got a plan—until they are punched in the face,” stated boxer Mike Tyson. My experience personally reviewing over three hundred executive summaries each year, all sent to me unsolicited, seems to bear out the truth in Tyson’s statement.
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