Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. This class is not about how to write a business plan. 56-117. MORE >>

I’m proud that my online video tutorials on business planning are now posted on the community.sba.gov site where they are available to all, and fee, and I do hope useful. Planning is modular. Planning is management. Planning strategy. Business plan flesh and bones. Dress and grow your plan. MORE >>

Seems like eons ago… Then we were introduced to agile development, which encouraged us to throw away big specifications and go with user stories, or to eliminate documentation entirely and just start coding, building things iteratively. To draw a quick parallel, the same has happened (to a large extent) with business plans. MORE >>

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd  Annual  International Business Model Competition , hosted by  Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. The Business Plan  ?- And your revenue plan is something more than a hallucination.  MORE >>

One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution. When does a new venture focus on customer development and business models ? And when do business planning and execution come into play? MORE >>