Business Plan Tips & Ideas
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Monday, August 31st, 2009A simple way to asses the success capability of your business action plan.
Business Plan – Your Recession Strategy (Control)
Friday, July 31st, 2009The global recession is having an impact on most businesses and non-profit organisations. It’s time to think differently
Business Plan: The Executive Summary
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Now, or in the near future do you need to secure serious business funding? This may be from a bank, from investors or maybe from a well-heeled potential shareholder. If the answer is yes then please read on. Let’s start with the basics I’m making the assumption that you have a Strategic Business Plan or [...]
Business Planning: The 100 day plan for 2009 (Part 3)
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Let’s start with a quick refresher. The purpose of your 100 day plan is to have a simple and speedy way to reorganize or refocus your business or organisation. In Part 1 of these articles, you learned how to start the process of getting clear organized thinking by creating a brief Vision document. This document [...]
Business Planning: The 100 day plan for 2009 (Part 2)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009In Part 1 of this article, I covered the first part of your 100 day business plan. The focus was on functional vision. In other words, it was about you getting clear on what your business would look like and be like if it were functioning effectively. The next logical step in your 100 day [...]
2009 Business Planning and the Importance of the Big Picture
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Bottom Line: If you are making important business decisions in these challenging economic times, always consider the big picture. Making knee-jerk reactions to economic fears may cause you to shoot yourself in the foot. . Ben’s Story In October I had an email from a client I’ll called Ben. Ben wanted some advice on updating [...]
Business Plan: A smart way to set and organize your priorities
Sunday, November 30th, 2008Establishing intelligent priorities is a critical part of any good business planning process. . However, the task of making these priority decisions can be challenging, And open errors – sometime very serious errors. . So here’s a way to both simplify the process – and reduce the opportunities for making mistakes. It’s a systems approach, [...]
Survival Plus Business Planning – Tomorrow’s Business Successes Are Being Planned Now!
Friday, October 31st, 2008In the past, most business planning is directed towards successful growth or expansion. . However, for many the current global financial situation has changed this. For many, the focus of the latest business plan is just about survival. . While the logic of this is understandable in the short term, I would urge readers to go [...]
Business planning is a waste of time!
Sunday, August 31st, 2008How often have you heard someone say: “Business planning is a waste of time?” . Perhaps you have said it (or thought it) yourself? . But what if you have got this wrong? What if you are not seeing the right picture? . To help you understand the benefits of smart business planning, let me [...]
Business Planning – should you trust your intuition?
Monday, June 30th, 2008I believe the answer is “no” and “yes”. This is an important issue, so let me explain with a short story. About five years ago, an electrical engineer, let’s call him Tom, contacted me for help to put a business plan together. With the aid of some photos and diagrams, Tom explained the technology he [...]
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