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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I have been able to curate a list of free online courses, videos, webinars, and other useful resources that should give you the confidence boost to get out there and get started. It’s the lean format of the business plan—the format that will allow you to adapt fastest as you progress through the startup phase. Census Bureau website.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Today, I want to introduce a new approach to business planning: Lean Planning. Lean Planning is simpler and faster than writing a traditional business plan. Here’s the process: Create a Lean Plan.

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MAY 3, 2012

Eric Ries , author of The Lean Start-up , puts it best: ‘ The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. We should be teaching them more about entrepreneurship including a strong emphasis on cash-flow management and financial literacy. Most products are not successful. Most new ventures do not live up to their potential.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! This is an excellent use of the Lean Business Planning methodology , based on a simple Lean Plan combined with regular updates and revisions. Try using a Lean Plan template to get you started.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! You can actually put together a Lean Plan in less than 30 minutes. Here’s a free downloadable Lean Plan Template to help. You need specific dates, management responsibilities, budgets, and milestones.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

This article is part of our “ Business Startup Guide ”—a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! Rather than thinking of a business plan as a hefty document that you’ll only use once (perhaps to obtain a loan from a bank), think of it as tool to manage how your business grows and achieves its goals.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

This article is part of our “ Business Planning Guide “ —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Most of us need just a Lean Business Plan, for internal use, with just bullet point lists and important projections. Good businesses always keep their Lean Plan up to date.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

This article is part of our “Business Planning Guide” —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! If you don’t have a specific immediate need to show a formal business plan to a banker or investor, then you are probably better off doing just a lean business plan , for your internal use only.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Lots of new box companies have trouble ironing out the kinks in their process: their customer can’t easily unsubscribe, their boxes just aren’t exciting or well-curated, and more. But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. Any of these can lead to failure.

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If you’re looking for a place to start, I suggest focusing on effectively managing your cash flow. Specifically, if you have an ongoing sales forecast , and expense budgets linked to that forecast, then you have instant visibility for making quick adjustments to sudden change. . H ow to do a sales forecast.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. However, the traditional business plan took too long to write, often wasn’t read by anyone outside the business, and wasn’t used properly to start, grow, and manage businesses. But, where did Lean Planning come from?

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