Up and Running

JUNE 30, 2020

Business credit cards, which I have long considered a very good way for small businesses to establish or build business credit will likely start considering new borrowers through the second half of the year, but it will likely only be the most creditworthy. Let alone making an accurate forecast for the next 12 months and beyond.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. The traditional business plan just wasn’t fitting the needs of modern, fast-moving companies and it was time to bring more of a scientific approach to business planning. It starts with “Plan-As-You-Go”.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

At one point in this post, Philippe says "Gary typically based his *sales board plan* at 70% of sales quota. By sales board plan, are you referring to Gary's actual business planning forecasts? So in effect, his business plan showed 30% less than the sales quota? ► 2008. (11).

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was dubbed the ‘worst economic disaster since the Great Depression’. These economic pressures impacted startup generation and stress on all growing businesses. For more advice on long term business planning, click here. The aftermath still affects many organisations to this day.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Though that level of restraint may mean living quite “lean” in your personal life for a while, doing so provides an opportunity to establish solid footing for your business as early as possible, so that you have at least one year to learn from the trends and sales cycles that will emerge once you’re past “break even.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 14, 2011

Enloop – Automatically creates customized business plans are prepared, on-the-fly, complete with all text and financial forecasts. Gives you the ability to initiate help and sales chats while visitors are on your site.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# Just because entrepreneurs tend to forget about these models doesn’t mean their investors do.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Always Make New Mistakes » April 14, 2008. As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. If that leads us to needing additional sales people, can we forecast the benchmark for productivity based on past results?

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Theres Only a Test if you Sign Up for It » February 25, 2008. How many software companies died on the way to an SaaS model because they did not have the ability to think through the large scale changes a business model shift would require? John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Last Updated: Aug 07, 2008 03:29 PM. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. Good venture capitalists understand this, and many will refuse to sign an NDA before looking at a business plan.

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