SoCal CTO
APRIL 8, 2010
Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics - SoCal CTO , March 11, 2010 Tim Berry has a great post on Why I Hate Those Huge Market Numbers tells us that he doesn’t like to see business plans with multi-billion market numbers used as the basis for projections. The study is featured in the March issue of the Harvard Business Review.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Day 5: Start ‘business planning’ not the ‘business plan’. Coming from someone who works for a company that makes business planning software , that may sound odd. The truth is, you’re going to do the ‘official plan’ a bit later, in week 2 when it comes time to sort out where your funding is coming from.
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Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.
The Next Web
AUGUST 26, 2013
Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. There are two ways to start a tech business. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company.
crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact | WSJ – [link]. Micro VC’s and Super Angels Two Years Later – Looking Back and Some Predictions for the Future | Business Insider – [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link].
www.entrepreneur.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Play Video. Play Video.
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 4, 2013
How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. 8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013 | Business Insider – [link]. “your business plan cannot be secret anymore.”
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