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  2. Posts tagged: business plan

Make Financial Forecasts More Realistic

Jun

5

2015

It’s a rare entrepreneur who enjoys working on financial forecasts. Many feel like the time could be better spent on actually developing and running their business. Still, forecasts truly are a necessity. You need them to attract investors, but more importantly they help you develop long-term strategic plans. Unless these forecasts are fairly accurate they aren’t helpful at all. ...
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Financial Plans

business plan

Developing a Marketing Communications plan

Oct

19

2008

‘A successful marketing plan integrates all marketing activities with all other company departments to surround the consumer without them ever knowing they are being inundated with your message.’ This slide set amplifies this statement but also covers many basic marketing plan concepts.
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Marketing Plans

business plan · marketing

Business Plan Software and Marketing Plan Software – Palo Alto Software

Sep

27

2008

Palo Alto Software is the worldwide leader in business plan software and marketing plan software. The company was founded in 1983 by Tim Berry, a business planning expert, Stanford MBA, and co-founder of Borland International with a long history of technology sector leadership in the Silicon Valley. Despite the company’s name, Palo Alto Software is ...
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Business Planning Software

business plan · software

BUSINESS PLAN SOFTWARE: PC World

Sep

27

2008

JIAN (jee’-on) focuses exclusively on developing business software to help entrepreneurs and business owners to complete important business projects in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take to do them from scratch. We work with multiple experts in every field and bring their knowledge and experience in to each of our business development ...
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Business Planning Software

business plan · software

e-Business Plan Tutorial: Business Model

Sep

27

2008

A business model is a method of doing business by which a company can generate revenue to sustain itself. The two principal components of the business model are the value proposition — what customer need is being fulfilled by the business — and the revenue model — how a business or EC project intends to ...
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Business Models

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Business model – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sep

27

2008

A business model is a term used for a broad range of informal and formal descriptions that are used by enterprises to represent various aspects of its business, including its purpose, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies.
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Business Models

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Key Topics: CES: Stanford GSB

Sep

26

2008

Entrepreneurs approaching venture capitalists must have a business plan; however, it should be short and concise, rather than presenting the business in full detail because venture capitalists will conduct exhaustive due diligence. The plan should spell out the amount of funding the entrepreneur is seeking but should not detail the terms.
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General Primers

business plan · vc

Elements of Sustainable Companies – Writing A Business Plan

Aug

17

2008

Sequoia Capital outline what start-ups characteristics often foretell the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming an enduring company with a sustainable business plan. Something every high growth entrepreneur should read.
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Venture Capital

business plan · executive summary

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