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Business Planning

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Business planning with little time or money - some ideas presented at EntreFEST 2014 in Iowa City, IA.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Business Planning

with little cash or time

planning

  • ON the business
  • Future state
  • Directions
  • Journey

Convince yourself

  • Typical Reasons
  • Visualization
  • Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail

Avoid temptation

  • "It's just guesswork"
  • Things will change
  • Someone said....
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steps

  • Schedule time
  • Involve others
  • Define audience(s)
  • Fill in a template
  • Identify Gaps

involve others

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Define audience

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pick a template

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identify gaps

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Frequent four

  • Strategic Fit - Market
  • Team
  • Financials
  • Intellectual Property
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plug gaps

where possible
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Write

Neile Gaiman Quote

edit

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publish, submit

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Also consider

  • pitch, video pitch
  • competitions
  • government programs
  • private programs
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MONITOR REVIEW
UPDATE REVISIT

make it a habit

Resources

  • startupmodels.com - Mike Colwell
  • The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki
  • The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steven Blank
  • The Recipe for Business Success - Curt Nelson
  • The ABCs of ... Winning Business Plans - G Sutton 

pfry@edcinc.org
Pete Fry@startllc

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