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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Gust

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Funding process.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Funding process.

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Funding process.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

Duct Tape Marketing

And so that book, the book is designed to give entrepreneurs really practical and concrete advice on how to avoid all the pitfalls of doing a startup and act and come out on top. John Jantsch (02:29): So I'm curious, how did you get into the business of advising startups? You know, could you look at my business plan?

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Funding process.

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Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Funding process.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. This model of joint accountability is at the heart of the lean startup, and is just as applicable to venture-backed, bootstrapped, and enterprise startups. Take a look and let me know what you think.