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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 31 May 2012 04:52:19 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Vokse Attends Score By Women For Women Seminar</title><subtitle>Business Plans Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-12-20T00:21:27Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Small Business Planning Needs at NY XPO for Business 2011</title><category term="Business Plan"/><category term="Business Plan Purpose"/><category term="Business Plan Templates"/><category term="Business Planning"/><category term="Business Trade Show"/><category term="NY XPO for Business 2011"/><category term="New York City"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/12/19/small-business-planning-needs-at-ny-xpo-for-business-2011.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/12/19/small-business-planning-needs-at-ny-xpo-for-business-2011.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2011-12-19T23:59:59Z</published><updated>2011-12-19T23:59:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[According to conversations with entrepreneurs held by Vokse at the New York XPO for Business 2011, current managers business planning needs include:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>What is a Business Plan? – Business Plans 101</title><category term="Business Plan Document"/><category term="Business Plan Format"/><category term="Business Plan Length"/><category term="Business Plan Sample"/><category term="Business Plan Template"/><category term="How to Business Plan"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/12/19/what-is-a-business-plan-business-plans-101.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/12/19/what-is-a-business-plan-business-plans-101.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2011-12-19T23:33:49Z</published><updated>2011-12-19T23:33:49Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The following points cover a few Business Plan basic points:

Definition:  A Business Plan usually represents an outline of a new or existing business.  It may contain a blueprint for the whole business or just a part of it. 

Presentation:  It is usually presented in a Word or PDF document containing text, graphs and tables.

Length:  The Business Plan length usually ranges between 25-30 pages excluding appendix.  There is no minimum or maximum length for a Business Plan,]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How to Create Business Cards</title><category term="Affordable Business Cards"/><category term="Business Cards"/><category term="Business Plan Consulting"/><category term="Business Plan Writers"/><category term="Business Plans"/><category term="Entrepreneur"/><category term="How to Business Card"/><category term="Printing Services"/><category term="QRCodes"/><category term="Small Business"/><category term="Start Up"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/11/3/how-to-create-business-cards.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/11/3/how-to-create-business-cards.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2011-11-03T08:46:42Z</published><updated>2011-11-03T08:46:42Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[1)  Business Card Blueprint:  On a piece of paper or computer, do a draft of how you would like your business card to look.  You can google the search term ‘sample business cards’ to get ideas (http://www.google.com/).  If you are still developing your company’s identity (logo, colors, etc.), you may want to get advise from experts such as NYC Business Solutions...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How to Estimate Revenues for your Business Plan? Restaurant Example</title><category term="Business Plan"/><category term="Business Plan Consulting"/><category term="Sample Business Plan"/><category term="restaurant business plan"/><category term="revenue forecasting"/><category term="target market"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/10/13/how-to-estimate-revenues-for-your-business-plan-restaurant-e.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/10/13/how-to-estimate-revenues-for-your-business-plan-restaurant-e.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2011-10-14T00:55:08Z</published><updated>2011-10-14T00:55:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Revenue forecasting could be one of the most challenging yet interesting tasks when developing a Business Plan.  One way to approach this activity is to first break down revenues into variables (i.e. what do revenues for a particular business really mean?).  For example, restaurant revenues may be composed of:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How to Start your Business Plan?</title><category term="Business Plan"/><category term="Business Plan Services"/><category term="Business Plan Writers"/><category term="Business Plan Writing"/><category term="Entrepreneur"/><category term="New York City"/><category term="Restaurant"/><category term="Restaurants"/><category term="Small Business"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/9/20/how-to-start-your-business-plan.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2011/9/20/how-to-start-your-business-plan.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2011-09-20T22:50:45Z</published><updated>2011-09-20T22:50:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Many of us have a brilliant idea but don’t know how to plan it and assess viability.  If you have a piece of paper (napkin, scratch, etc.) and a pen, you are good to go.  What I find the most useful when starting a business plan is to envision the concept piece by piece.  Basically to provide structure to what a business could look like.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Business Planning vs Business Plans</title><category term="Business Plan Consulting"/><category term="Business Plan Writing"/><category term="Business Plans"/><category term="Small Business"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/business-planning-vs-business-plans.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/business-planning-vs-business-plans.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2010-09-28T16:40:40Z</published><updated>2010-09-28T16:40:40Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Being a business planning professional, I continually am reading articles and blogs on the subject.

These articles and blogs often have polarizing titles that range from business plans are essential to business plans are a waste of time.  My take away from reading many of these articles is that the authors mainly agree that business planning should be an integral part...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Is Your Good Idea a Good Business? (Part 3 of 3)</title><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business-part-3-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business-part-3-of-3.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2010-09-28T16:38:06Z</published><updated>2010-09-28T16:38:06Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[This is the last in a series of three on how to build and use economic models to determine the viability of your business idea.  In the previous two entries, I discussed how market sizing and segmentation and competitive market research can help you, the entrepreneur, validate initial revenue and cost assumptions and build a more robust model that...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Is Your Good Idea a Good Business? (Part 2 of 3)</title><category term="Business Plans"/><category term="Small Business"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business-part-2-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business-part-2-of-3.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2010-09-28T16:33:30Z</published><updated>2010-09-28T16:33:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In my last blog entry, I posed one of the first questions an entrepreneur should ask themselves before moving forward with their endeavor, “Is my good idea a good business?”

I proposed that building an economic model can be a helpful tool in answering that question.  Start simple using your existing knowledge of revenues and costs.  Next, validate your initial assumptions through market research.  I discussed how market sizing and segmentation can help forecast demand, which is used to calculate both revenue...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Is Your Good Idea A Good Business</title><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/is-your-good-idea-a-good-business.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2010-09-28T16:28:11Z</published><updated>2010-09-28T16:28:11Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Every business starts with an idea but not every idea is a viable business.

Whether you write a formal business plan or not, you, the entrepreneur, should look to answer the good idea vs. good business question as soon as possible. To begin, model the economics of your proposed business.  Initially, this can be a back of the envelope...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Entrepreneur and the Community Lender</title><category term="Business Plan Consulting"/><category term="Funding"/><category term="Small Business Financing"/><category term="lending"/><id>http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/the-entrepreneur-and-the-community-lender.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.voksebiz.com/business-plans-blog/2010/9/28/the-entrepreneur-and-the-community-lender.html"/><author><name>Ruby Rios</name></author><published>2010-09-28T15:08:21Z</published><updated>2010-09-28T15:08:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[As a second follow-up to my original piece two weeks back on “Funding for the Rest of Us Entrepreneurs”, I would like to discuss a second area of alternative funding, that being the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).  CDFIs provide financial...]]></summary></entry></feed>
