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How to Use Your Business Plan to Track Your Progress and Exceed Your Goals

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My favorite quote on business planning is when former president Dwight D. Eisenhower said: “The plan is useless; but planning is essential.”. What I’ve always taken from that is the importance of keeping a plan live; reviewing it, and revising it. See Also How to Write a Business Plan.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. It’s all about making your business life easier, doing what works best, getting the best results by tracking what works and always improving.

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Why Experimental Learning Is Becoming Popular For Business Owners

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For business owners, this is an excellent way to give employees a chance to hone their skills. They don’t just learn by sitting in seminars and reading through books. Right after everyone in the team has successfully undergone training and seminars, what happens next? Business owners aren’t perfect individuals.

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Beyond the Business Plan: “Lucky” 13 Essentials You Won’t Learn In Business School

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Rarely is employee turnover talked about in business schools — and you won’t see it as a line item on a business plan, either — but it has the potential to be one of the biggest costs for your business. Heart isn’t something you can learn from a book, class, or seminar. Don’t treat your employees like commodities.

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10 Proven Ways to Grow Your Small Business

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If your sales have recently hit a plateau, check out these 10 proven methods to continue growing your business. You went through the process of identifying a target market when developing your business plan. But now you have an active customer base that you need to engage with and in the process improve your business.

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Use Milestones and Metrics to Turn Planning into Business GPS

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I often use steering as a metaphor for business planning. So too with running your own business, or starting a new one. Which is exactly why you want to focus on milestones and metrics in business planning. See Also: Milestones Make Your Business Plan a Real Plan.

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6 Things to Consider Before Entering a Market

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Venture West Ranches is more of a boutique real estate brokerage that fills the gap in the market by providing estate planning seminars and building close relationships with organizations that are advocates for Montana ranchers. This is why writing a solid business plan is very helpful.

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