Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Investors will always look askance these days at a business plan which projects Amazon.com results. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Sometimes called a confidentiality agreement, this gives you confidence that your independent contractor is not sharing your business plans or trade secrets with competitors or other businesses. She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Investors will always look askance these days at a business plan which projects Amazon.com results. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2019

Having an exit strategy when beginning any plan is vital for your mental health. This ultimate ending should be considered long before launching into any business plan. When do you want to sell your business? What goes into selling a business? What will your business be worth by then?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Your business mission statement clarifies what your business will be doing day-to-day to achieve your big dream. A mission statement describes what your business plans to accomplish, what you’re setting out to do, what you’ll create, and the means to achieving your vision. Mission Statement.

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help.bplans.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Your business plan starts here. Sample Plans. Sample Business Plans. Sample Marketing Plans. Business Plan Outline. Business Plan Template. Writing a Business Plan. Starting a Business. Financing a Business. Growing a Business. Buying a Business.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Contribute to development of primary business plan, with input on focus, costing and approach (platform, build vs. buy, resourcing, hosting strategy, time & cost). Design and maintain a roadmap of projects to meet demanding business objectives, taking advantage of trends and new technology where appropriate. XML sitemap.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

A lot of folks think of me as the business plan guy. And if I'm the business plan guy, when I started my company Growthink, you would think I would have spent a lot of time writing my business plan. You would think I would have developed a comprehensive marketing plan. And use that to get new clients.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Many business schools have entrepreneurial programs geared to those students, but sometimes a student who makes a mark might get personal attention from the professor outside of school. In 1996 two students came to Reibstein with a business plan they were developing based on an idea that Reibstein had kicked around during a class lecture.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

Fast forward just a few years to 1996. But that was back to 1996. When I listen to a pitch from an enthusiastic entrepreneur or read the summary of a business plan, one of the first questions I ask is about the strength of the competition. Market research matters? So, what or who would be competitors?

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. How to Write a Business Plan in Under an Hour.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

Fast forward just a few years to 1996. Back to 1996. That year, some of you will recall, the first digital cell phones were released to the market, smaller, cheaper and priced with roaming plans that made it no premium cost to carry these digital phones to cities far from home. There is no competition.”

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. Well, it doesnt.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The concept is simple: Incubators — usually nonprofits supported by economic-development organizations — help launch businesses by offering shared work space (often at below-market rates), tools, resources and training in the form of classes and seminars. percent in 1996 to 20.9 percent in 2011.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The thrill of formulating an idea for a business, planning the details, jumping into action, and then seeing it take hold – maybe a success, maybe end in losing paper routes – but it was the drug I would never clear from my system. They would eventually take all the routes away telling me that doing this was “UnAmerican”.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Fast forward several years to 1996… [Email readers continue here.] Back to 1996. That year, some of you will recall, the first digital cell phones were released to the market, smaller, cheaper and priced with roaming plans that made it no premium cost to carry these digital phones to cities far from home.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Fortunately, many startup myths revolve around three common topics (business plans, money, and unnatural hustle). Many aspiring and even experienced entrepreneurs blindly believe those myths to be true and either take too long to start their business or never feel confident enough to get going.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 26, 2009

But I was a student and buying machines in 1996 was still expensive. I took every single class Jack Thorne taught at the business school. I wrote the business plan for my company as a class project for Jack’s class. In hindsight, I should have used Moore’s Law to solve the scalability issue. I was 20.

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