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How to Write a Business Plan

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Milestones and Metrics. Here at Palo Alto Software, our mission statement is this: “We help people succeed in business.” Milestones and Metrics. In addition to milestones and traction, your business plan should detail the key metrics that you will be watching as your business gets off the ground. Read more ».

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

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” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Not only because it’s a product that Bplans and Palo Alto software makes, but because before I joined the company, I used LivePlan to pitch and raise my investment capital. Then referral rates and opt-out rates.