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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. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Diligence, or the ability to get a job done. Because you’ll be entering an already-saturated market, you will need to figure out a way to differentiate your service offerings. At Palo Alto Software, we use a lean planning process to determine whether or not an idea is likely to succeed or to fail. An eye for detail.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

According to the SBA, 52% of all small businesses are home-based and of the 28 million small businesses in the US, 22 million of those are operated by people who consider themselves self-employed (they have no employees and no additional payroll). You could also use personal earnings and do a bit of bootstrapping as well.

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MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. What taglines are you using to differentiate yourself from other people, other businesses that might be similar. I’m the CEO of Palo Alto Software.

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