Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. See Also: How Traveling Helped Me Prepare for Startup Life. We’d never hired anyone.

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Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

In 2013, a Pew Research Center study revealed some sobering insights into the reasons why 34 percent of millennial women weren’t interested in becoming a boss or top manager. Don’t skip the critical process of business idea evaluation and validation. Craft a business plan. Boy, was I naive!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2013 , or fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Open an account with PayPal.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. It’s often possible to “ design around ” a patent to operate a business that achieves similar results in different ways.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Every so often a small business owner or a startup entrepreneur has to take a step back, breathe a deep breath, and look at your company with eyes wide open. Sometimes this needs to happen with an employee, sometimes with a partner, sometimes with a certain customer, and sometimes with your overall marketing or business strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2014

New figures obtained from the national enterprise campaign, Start up Britain, claim over 526,446 new businesses were registered in 2013; representing an increase of just over 42,000 from 2012. In fact, the South East has managed to ride the recovery better than most areas for much of the past five years.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Starting Startups.    Read   Want to Start a Startup ?   A way to fund a startup is to get a job.    Interestingly, the consulting business remained and is a mainstay even today.  Starting Startups. April 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

I’m a strong believer that investors invest in people, before they invest in a business plan, or an idea. But I continue to learn that there are a host of other factors, maybe not even related to you or your business, that could keep you from getting the funding that you need. Experience does count. Marty Zwilling.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. John Mullins: The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (Financial Times Series). October 2012.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The idea of a Business Model competition first emerged when I realized that Business Plan writing ought to be taught in English Departments – as they’re the best example of creative writing entrepreneurs will ever do. The Business Plan ?- And your revenue plan is something more than a hallucination.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

Ten years ago I started thinking about why startups are different from existing companies. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. It’s called the Lean Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. This occurs when a new product, service, or business model renders the old way of doing business obsolete. Societal upheaval.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.  April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. Being The Best You Can Be. October 2012.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Posted at 05:09 PM in Managing Company Growth | Permalink. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Thinking about pricing.

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Up and Running

MAY 9, 2016

Whether you want to be your area’s next big general contractor, or you believe you can build a successful small construction company in a specific niche, getting into the construction business is a process. million in 2013—and the average firm had fewer than 10 employees. What will you need in your business plan?

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Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   For instance, I've recently written "Bill, I'd like you to consider talking to Ned at Newco who has an intriguing start up that's made some traction in the party planning/social media space as evidenced by some good stats on customer sign-up and early salres results.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   If you've been through a plan review with someone like a potential investor, think for a moment about the questions you get asked. First develop a business model.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

If any of this speaks to you, you could be an excellent candidate to start a home health care business. See Also: Business Startup Checklist. In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Step 1: Formulate your business plan. Working in isolation.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

Ten years ago I started thinking about why startups are different from existing companies. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. It’s called the Lean Startup.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Helping you build and grow your startup. Helping you build and grow your startup. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. The Myth of Private Markets: Symmetry and Expectations » January 11, 2013.   I digress here, but one of the real challenges is managing sales goals both agressively and realistically. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. John Mullins: The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (Financial Times Series). October 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2014

Alternatively, if you can present a convincing business plan, a bank may grant you a loan or even a venture capital fund or angel investor may be willing to invest. If you have managed to execute the planning stage effectively, then you should be ready to launch your start-up. Image Credit: Photo by 401(K) 2013 CC].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

The boutique agencies taught me everything I know, and gave me all the experience I needed to start my own company, however one of those agencies truly gave me the motivation to leave and start my own business. The owner was not equipped to manage people. 3 – Google Regional Sales Manager. Sales Account Manager.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values.   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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Tim Keane

JULY 2, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. John Mullins: The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (Financial Times Series). October 2012.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

In its goal to make the world a better place for mothers and babies worldwide, Maternova has enjoyed landmark achievements since winning LivePlan’s $10,000 Boost business plan competition. Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 14, 2013. A permanent move into new offices in a super LEED certified recycled container building.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. .    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. Posted at 11:19 AM in Funding startups | Permalink. April 2013. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Marquette University today approved the creation of a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship , which will be offered through the Graduate School of Management starting in fall 2009.  Students must also complete a business plan. April 2013. January 2013.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 20, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. At last week's Business Plan Competition at Marquette University , the keynote speaker, Greg Gianforte, CEO of Right Now , talked passionately about the keys to bootstrapping businesses.  Posted at 02:47 PM in Startup ideas | Permalink. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. But those are manageable risks to retire with talent and money.   This all leads to asking how angels could invest in high technical risk startup opportunities about which they have little domain expertise. But those are manageable risks to retire with talent and money.

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Tim Keane

MAY 16, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Beware the potential business partner, whether entrepreneur or investor, who says something like "This isn't really important, but our (lawyers, mothers-in-law, or other interested parties) insisted on it." Posted at 05:03 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. If your business sells to a quantifiable and identifiable group of business customers who are in the tens of thousands, or less, there's really no reason not to individually identify every one of them and track all of your contacts with them. April 2013. January 2013.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Paying attention to the business model: Whos in charge here? April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Managing Company Growth. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. If Not Now, When?

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