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8 Reasons Business Plans Fail That No One Wants to Talk About

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As a full-time editor and academic mentor at an academic writing service, I have read hundreds of business plans over the years. To help students and startups, I have compiled a list of reasons business plans are rejected or given a low grade. Of course, there are obvious reasons that business plans fail.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

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I am affiliated with local and not-so-local design firms on a contract basis, and also participate in direct-to-client projects. If you are part of a design firm, and your affiliation is less than five years, be totally prepared to be thrown out on your butt the minute you turn 45, or maybe even 40. But not so, graphic design.