Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 06:50PM 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.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 12:40PM 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...
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 01:49AM I received a comment to last week’s blog, “Funding for the Rest of Us Entrepreneurs”, asking for specific alternative lending sources that start-ups could access. I had mentioned peer-to-peer financing as a potential funding growth area. Peer-to-peer financing or crowd financing are financial transactions between individuals without the intermediation or participation of a traditional financial institution. Peer-to-peer financing...
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 01:23AM Jennifer Shaheen from The Technology Therapy Group (www.technologytherapy.com) shared valuable insights in the seminar “Building an Affordable Website” this past Tuesday in New York City. A summary of Jennifer’s presentation, including a list of helpful resources follow: