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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Business Model That’s Best for Their Business

Hearpreneur

A well-constructed business model is a foundational element of a business plan and strategy. It provides clarity on how a company plans to succeed in the marketplace and is essential for attracting investors, partners, and customers. Thanks to Jordan Adair, ShirtMax ! #2-

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Product Development – Getting Funded as The Goal In a traditional product development model, entrepreneurs come up with an idea or concept, write a business plan and try to get funding to bring that idea to fruition. Reply Richard Jordan , on November 5, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said: Steve, best article yet. is quite good.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Reply You don’t need a business plan yet: 7 ideas for Customer Development « Information Maven: Greg Meyer , on May 22, 2011 at 7:37 am said: [.] further along in the information you’ll need to build your business plan. Steve Blank lists some great tools for startups that will help you in this [.]