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No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

Last week one of the schools I teach at invited me to judge a business plan contest. I suggested that they first might want to read my post on why business plans are a poor planning and execution tool for startups. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time.

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Tools and Resources to Help You Write Your Business Plan

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Working on writing your business plan and looking for some tools or resources to make it easier? Some people just want to see a sample business plan , so they can copy the outline, or topics covered, or style, putting in their own content of course. . Business plan template. Sample business plan.

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Tools and Resources to Help You Write Your Business Plan

Up and Running

Working on writing your business plan and looking for some tools or resources to make it easier? Some people just want to see a sample business plan , so they can copy the outline, or topics covered, or style, putting in their own content of course. . Business plan template. Sample business plan.

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5 Ways A Startup Benefits From Dual Partner Strengths

Startup Professionals Musings

My bottom-line recommendation and theirs is that every visionary entrepreneur needs to be matched with a cofounder or key team member who has the required execution attributes. When the team is at odds or confused, they need this steady force to keep them on track with the business plan.

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10 Common Startup Mistakes That Are Rarely Admitted

Startup Professionals Musings

In that spirit, I offer my perspective on ten common startup failure sources that rarely get admitted by entrepreneurs: Choose to skip the written business plan. A business plan is for you first, not investors. Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs.

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Does Your Entrepreneur View Match Your Startup Stage?

Startup Professionals Musings

Typically this is done by one or more entrepreneurs with personal or family resources, with no business entity yet formed, so they would not yet be considered business owners. Market research and a business plan should be the focus at this stage. Startup and development stage.

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5 Reasons Two Founders As A Team Are Better Than One

Startup Professionals Musings

My bottom-line recommendation and theirs is that every visionary entrepreneur needs to be matched with a cofounder or key team member who has the required execution attributes. When the team is at odds or confused, they need this steady force to keep them on track with the business plan.

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