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Episode 9: Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry | The Bcast

Up and Running

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Lean Business Planning by Tim Berry – (31:21). Preorder on Amazon.com – Lean Business Planning: Get What You Want From Your Business.

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How to use your business plan

Up and Running

Bill Payne had a nice post on gust.com late last month titled Using your business plan , in which he lists the different forms or outputs people confuse with a business plan and sets each one into the proper use context. Do not hand investors your business plan when you first meet them.

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How to Start an Accounting Firm

The Startup Magazine

Financial Considerations: If you plan on opening an accounting firm, be sure to budget for the initial funds as well as a strategy for how you’ll finance the start-up expenditures. It can be accomplished by networking with other professionals in your region or via internet forums. Building a Referral Network.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing.

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Financing Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Determining how to finance your business is an important decision with big consequences. There are several ways to approach funding, but there are two main sources of financing: debt and equity. Debt Financing. Debt financing is where you borrow money from a lender that you will later pay back with interest.

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Why are Good Business Plans So Rare These Days?

Startup Professionals Musings

Every investor I know is frustrated with the poor quality of the business plans they get. This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. What is the definition of a good business plan?

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally.

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