Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

My bottom-line recommendation and theirs is that every visionary entrepreneur needs to be matched with a cofounder or key team member who has the required execution attributes. When the team is at odds or confused, they need this steady force to keep them on track with the business plan.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past 20+ years, as an angel investor, former venture capitalist and private equity investor, and serial entrepreneur, I have seen and written, a wide variety of pitch decks and business plans. Beyond discussing facing adversity and overcoming obstacles, many of them have shared their business plans with me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2021

More features and inventory added early will be wasted as you will need to pivot to match the real market. Many entrepreneurs insist on making every decision, and spend too much time working in the business, rather than on the business. Hire real help and learn to delegate. Poor or too many business processes.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. It’s time to dig into the process of actually writing a business plan. In this step-by-step guide, I’ll take you through every stage of writing a business plan that will actually help you achieve your goals.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Use this time to make sure that you are matching the business you want to start to your personal aspirations. If you will be seeking outside financing, a business plan is a necessity. In fact, the business plan does not have to be a formal document at all if you don’t need to present your plan to outsiders.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Market research does not have to be a part of the business planning process. We seem to be furthering the misconception that market research is supposed to be part of a business plan. That limits the applicability of business planning to a subset of those who need it. Create a marketing and sales plan.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book is part of the Startup Revolution series that Brad has been working on for a couple years now, including Do More (Even) Faster , Venture Deals , Startup Communities , and Startup Life (with two more to come, Startup Boards and Startup Metrics). Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2014

More features and inventory added early will be wasted as you will need to pivot to match the real market. Many entrepreneurs insist on making every decision, and spend too much time working in the business, rather than on the business. Hire real help and learn to delegate. Poor or too many business processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2018

More features and inventory added early will be wasted as you will need to pivot to match the real market. Many entrepreneurs insist on making every decision, and spend too much time working in the business, rather than on the business. Hire real help and learn to delegate. Poor or too many business processes.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

Investors consider business plans that show the potential to solve big problems for big markets. Sure, your plan needs to include pro formas and cash flow projections, but if you want to seal the deal, show how you have validated your concept with real customers. Set out goals and metrics for your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Hire carefully and slowly, with an overriding focus on skills, experience and commitment. Written product specifications and business plans pay big dividends. Bring in expert advisors and mentors to set initial goals, and build recovery plans. Update your plan at least once a month.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

What they don’t usually show on screen on shows like Flip or Flop is that writing a business plan is a must. If you’re thinking about starting a business that buys up homes, fixes them up and then re-sells them at a profit, the first step is to write a business plan. It serves as a mini version of your entire plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2015

More features and inventory added early will be wasted as you will need to pivot to match the real market. Many entrepreneurs insist on making every decision, and spend too much time working in the business, rather than on the business. Hire real help and learn to delegate. Poor or too many business processes.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

What kind of location matches your strategy? Are you going to be hiring employees? 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. How will your customers get there?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

As part of a celebration of National Small Business Week we are asking readers to match all five guests posts up with the contributing blogger to be entered for a chance to win an iPad2. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan. He can be found blogging at his main blog Planning Startups Stories.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

SketchDeck is a custom design company that works to make it easy to hire a designer. Their business proposition is “design at your fingertips,” and they do a pretty good job of fulfilling it. Pros: Makes it easy to hire a designer. See Also Business Pitch, Elevator Pitch, and the LivePlan Pitch: What’s the Difference?

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

SketchDeck is a custom design company that works to make it easy to hire a designer. Their business proposition is “design at your fingertips,” and they do a pretty good job of fulfilling it. Pros: Makes it easy to hire a designer. See Also Business Pitch, Elevator Pitch, and the LivePlan Pitch: What’s the Difference?

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Elevator Pitch Artificial Inteligence Design Finder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

No vanity metrics should be looked at. Again, the answer is derived from the hard-won wisdom of the scientific method: making specific, concrete predictions and then testing them via experiments that are supposed to match those predictions helps scientists train their intuition towards the truth. No vanity metrics should be looked at.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Bob: I’ve come around to the opinion that the metric of how many people join X service is pretty worthless when it comes to monetization. Discrimination on race when you’re hiring is bad, discriminating on price based upon behavior of customers is very appropriate. It’s not so much about doing the business plan.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. William Pearson.

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