Do You Really Need a Business Plan? As a consultant, I have people ask me "How can I increase my business?" The answer is often easier than they think. But before figuring out how, they must decide where they want to take their business. This is why everyone in business should have a business plan, not just the people seeking venture capital.
Documenting the Exit Strategy in Your Business Plan The exit strategy is critical in that it explains how investors will "cash out" on an investment. Failure to explain the exit strategy puts companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Dotcom Business Plans Archive Project Professor David Kirsch conducts a project of archiving business plans of dotcoms from the Internet boom period.
Drop Shipping The Secret of Success Having a product that you can drop ship is not enough. You have to plan how you will tell people about it. You need a detailed advertising plan in your business plan. The advertising plan is your key to success.
Due Diligence, It Can Make or Break The Bank Due diligence by a Venture Capitalist is the last step in the "dating stage" of Venture Capital. This is when the Venture Capitalist comes to your facilities and goes through you books, looks at your product in detail, talks with you clients, staff, and vendors.
Elite Positioning Brings Higher Profits With elite positioning, you are not any old accountant,
cabinetmaker, software maker or fitness trainer. You
deliver superiority or exclusivity and therefore charge
(and get!) more. Here are five ways to add an aura of
extraordinariness to your business.
ERP Role in Selling Your Mid-size Business – Microsoft Great Plains and CRM Example If you own the mid-size business and actively work in it as executive manager or lead, say marketing, - you probably know exactly what needs to be done on the daily basis to keep it running. However, in many cases this business critical knowledge exists in your head only. This means that if you would like to sell your business - it has little value without your participation.
Executive Summary for Business Plans of Franchisees Writing a business plan for a franchised outlet of a larger company to get funding or find investors is difficult because the franchisor already has a plan which is working, but until you are privy to it upon purchase you actually know relatively few details. The franchisor must keep this information proprietary to insure competitors do not steal the information, but the franchise buyer needs the information to prepare a business plan to get a loan from a bank.
Expanding your business in a franchise system If you are a successful franchise of a large franchise brand or chain, chances are you will wish to expand. The most important thing to do is make sure you are on the most positive terms with your franchisor. You should tell your franchisor at the earliest point of your plan to expand.
Finding Offshore Services Many who are concerned about the safety of their assets have turned to offshore-services as a way of helping them. If you are one of the many who worry that your assets could be sued by some frivolous lawsuit and you'll end up losing everything, then the consideration of these offshore-services is something that you must look farther into. The good news is that there is a wealth of information to be had that can help to ease your fears considerably.
Footprints to Success: The Five Priorities of Strategic Planning in Wholesale Distribution Strategic planning is a management tool. It is used to help an organization clarify its future direction - to focus its energy, and to help members of the organization work toward the same goals. The planning process adjusts the organization's direction in response to a changing environment. Strategic planning is a disciplined effort to support fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does and why it does it, with a focus on where it wants to go and how it is going to get there.
Getting Started with Succession Planning: Part I To help these business owners get started with succession planning, we have put together a checklist of items that will get the process rolling. The first step is to assess the current situation. Which current positions are vital to the company and need to be filled a priori in any transition? Of those positions, which ones are filled by people who would be expected to retire in the next five years?
Going Beyond Goal Setting People don't set goals now because they didn't achieve the ones they set in the past. Stop making the goal setting process the focus, and start putting the focus on goal achievement.
Going Self-Employed – A Few Handy Hints You will be responsible for steering your business through all its ups and downs, good times and bad times with no guarantee that everything will turn out right in the end.
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Whats Up With All These Coaches? The coaching industry has taken off, but why should I use a coach, where do I find a coach and what's in it for me?
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even better, you actually did something about...
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