Up and Running

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. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 8, 2015

A lean business plan does what every business owner and aspiring startup needs to manage strategy, tactics, execution, and essential business numbers. It stays lean and simple with just bullet points for essentials and a collection of lists and tables. Why lean ? Because lean means strong with muscle but no fat.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 29, 2019

You know exactly what product or service you are going to provide and have been honing your skills. The Lean Plan for solopreneurs. This shorter, more nimble type of business plan is called a Lean Plan , and you can create one in just a few hours, rather than a few weeks or months. You know there is demand. Keep it simple.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2018

Too many meetings are run poorly, have no real objective, and waste employees’ time—which kills productivity. It only takes an hour each month, keeps the management team up to speed on everything that’s going on in the company, and helps us plan and manage in a lean and effective way. How did we do last month compared to our forecast?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

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. The lean business plan is great news because it makes the planning process much less daunting. More on that in the section on the Lean Plan.

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View from Seed

MARCH 20, 2020

The National Restaurant Association forecasts sales declines of $225 billion over the next three months. Food delivery providers are leaning in to support local restaurants through this difficult time. The food delivery ecosystem will thrive. Most people probably fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

“It follows that the goal of forecasting is not to see what’s coming. It is to advance the interests of the forecaster and the forecaster’s tribe.” As a fan of prediction lists, I collected a number of interesting reports and expert forecasts for 2021 in the spaces we cover at Remagine Ventures.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. With the help of voice assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, you can purchase the product just by saying it while running errands. We will deliver product x every three months with free shipping.”

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2020

Take the leap, by force of your own will, to look at the product or service like an adversary, or devil’s advocate. Do a lean business plan. Develop a lean business plan. Use the lean business plan to test whether you know enough to go further. You have to start by trying to see it objectively. Still there?

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

This is the practice of helping a website appear higher in search engine results pages (SERPs) for keywords related to their specific product, service, or niche. With 81% of people looking to search engines to find a product or service and a further 74% of those people actually making a purchase, SEO is clearly essential to businesses.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

" One was an enterprise software product. Would it take more work to sell the enterprise product than they could make on it? In both cases, the founder and I brainstormed on ways to shift the product in order to get closer to what I perceived as something that would be great. Neither felt like a slam dunk.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

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. Others like to focus on the numbers first, so they start with a sales forecast or spending budget. Revenue/Sales Forecast. Opportunity.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2020

Current businesses are finding ways to pivot their business models, revisiting their budgets, and developing new forecasts to minimize their burn rate and maximize their available cash runway. Focus on positioning your business, product, or service as that new and better solution. Inexpensive supplies and materials.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

You may have read my previous posts about the Lean LaunchPad class taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech and for the National Science Foundation. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. He called it the “Lean Startup.”. Now you too can take this course. Sign up here.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2023

Changes in the Workforce are one of my 2023 business forecasts. My 2023 business forecast focuses on the importance of new technologies. You'll need to be more creative and productive if you want to succeed in today's global economy. Users can subscribe to a service or product and pay a regular price to continue using it.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

To create this first year in business checklist, I turned to our in-house experts here at Palo Alto Software: Sabrina Parsons, CEO; Noah Parsons, COO; Josh Cochrane, Vice President of Product Development; and Josh Fegles, Academic and Government Channel Sales Director, and founder of gluten-free cookie company Jude’s Foods.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. The benefits of IoT even expand into products and services. But there are plenty of cost-saving, productivity and even hiring benefits that make remote work an attractive option. Revisit your business plan , forecasts, and company goals.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. Eric’s insight was that traditional product management and Waterfall development should be replaced by Agile Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. Victor Hugo.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2020

It’s a situation that causes confusion, stress, and it becomes an excuse for productivity and performance issues. The perfect strategy doesn’t exist, so keep it lean. In my view, a good strategy—a lean business plan —should set a direct and achievable marker for the year(s) ahead, with specific milestones to check progress.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

I get involved in detail when the group is looking at startups in software, web, mobile apps, or financial forecasting. When a business plan involves expertise in software, the web, apps, and technologies related to financial forecasting, I’m curious, and I’ll look for an appendix with interesting details.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Noah has been a key figure in the making of LivePlan, our own SaaS product. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. 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.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. In legal states, the markets have become so saturated that cannabis companies can end up with thousands of pounds of unsold product.

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Up and Running

JULY 1, 2020

Businesses start when their founders see a need for a product or service that they can provide. While it’s called a business plan, it can be written and utilized to successfully enter a new market, launch a product, or weigh the potential of adding an employee. This typically occurred with new products.

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Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

Yet everyone – investors, entrepreneurs, academics — expected new startups to follow the same practices that worked for large companies – write a business plan, forecast 5-year sales projections and build the product without ever talking to customers. How did this happen? Here’s the latest way Serendipity changed my life.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

Every person, company, and product relies on transportation daily—creating a powerful demand. Free, downloadable SAAS sales forecast template. Create a lean business plan . Green products and services. Why businesses related to green products are trending. Resources for starting a tech business. billion by 2021.

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Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2015

And also, what real business owners want—lean business plans for better management. All businesses start with a lean plan. So, every business is better off with a lean plan. It’s a short, effective collection of bullet points, lists, and forecasts, covering all of the functions above: It starts with bullet points for strategy.

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Up and Running

MAY 9, 2022

Instead, you can stick with a simple internal business plan model that keeps your document lean and easy to communicate. It’s a document that can easily be distributed across multiple communications channels, encourages employee engagement, and leans into uncovering issues and competitive advantages for your business.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Lately, I’ve been focusing on lean business plans. In this article I will cover: The lean business plan that every business ought to have. The lean business plan. All businesses can use a lean plan to manage strategy, tactics, dates, deadlines, activities, and cash flow. Business plans for startups. Essential numbers.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you’re creating a plan to manage your business once you’re up and running, a Lean Plan will suit you best. We’ll walk you through creating a One-Page Pitch, a standard business plan (the traditional option), and a lean business plan, with a checklist for each. To complete your Lean Plan, follow the steps below.

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Up and Running

APRIL 19, 2017

When it comes to starting and managing a business, forecasting your sales is essential. Having a sales forecast can help you budget and manage your business’s funds, create a plan for expansion, and avoid unpleasant surprises. The basics of sales forecasting. How to Forecast Sales. Just Do a Sales Forecast.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2020

Revenue models and forecasts are no longer valid. While the Lean Startup was built with Business Model Canvas, Customer Development and Agile Engineering, there’s an additional tool — the Market Opportunity Navigator — that can help entrepreneurs discover new opportunities. Accounts receivables are stretching way out.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2019

It can be as simple as a short, Lean Business Plan that serves as a strategic roadmap for your business, or as comprehensive as a formal business plan that instills confidence in bank lenders and investors. Remember, if you just need a Lean Business Plan, not a formal business plan, shorter is better. Form follows function.

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2020

You’ve built credibility with them meaning they’re more likely to purchase from you again or even pay more for additional services and new products. Add a new product line that compliments previous purchases. Sponsor or donate to nonprofits, provide free products or services for initiatives you care about, or host community events.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. Eric’s insight was that traditional product management and Waterfall development should be replaced by Agile Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. Victor Hugo.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2013

Rather, it is “a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.” Here, managers assume that forecasts are wrong (rather than right) and develop iterative plans for learning and testing.

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