Business Plan Customer Development Finance San Francisco 
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
Too often, businesses view their supply chain as a necessary evil as opposed to a valuable resource. This integral element of most businesses is woven through every aspect of operations. From manufacturing to sales to finance, the supply chain routinely fails to command the respect it deserve.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 10, 2011
We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. I hear similar things for pre-revenue startups that are on schedule, on time, and on budget - even though they are busy building something that nobody wants. (In
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maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Your existing customers are you best source of referals – just ask. No investor cares about a business plan. Will developers and designers provide services for a piece of the company? Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt.
Up and Running
JULY 14, 2015
Or what if a new brilliant idea that you hadn’t considered when you were planning emerges? Build in fluidity to your business plans. I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process.
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. Not kind of wrong but going out of business wrong. 39 years ago I got on that plane and never went back.
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