Small business start-up resources May 4, 2007
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Here are a couple of useful links with lots more useful links:
Bank of America’s startup guides (Thanks Ben!)
Small Business 101 (if firewalled, click here)
“Tonight, tonight . . .” April 19, 2007
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I’ll spare you my West Side Story renditions since we meet on the East Side, but I won’t spare you a sneak peak of what we’ll be doing in class tonight.
(1) Going over business plans in detail
(2) Discussing your individual projects.
IP & business plan Powerpoints April 16, 2007
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UPDATED UPDATE: It works. The Powerpoint works.
UPDATE: For reasons I can’t quite figure out, the IP Powerpoint isn’t loading. It’s on my server, but, well, who knows? I’ll keep at it & will let you know when it’s up.
Last week’s overview of IP is here. Really.
And to prep for next week, here’s the set re business plans.
Startups and business plans April 11, 2007
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Helpful insight from Paul Graham’s useful talk, “How to Start a Startup“:
Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. But many will want a copy of your business plan, if only to remind themselves what they invested in.
Our angels asked for one, and looking back, I’m amazed how much worry it caused me. “Business plan” has that word “business” in it, so I figured it had to be something I’d have to read a book about business plans to write. Well, it doesn’t. At this stage, all most investors expect is a brief description of what you plan to do and how you’re going to make money from it, and the resumes of the founders. If you just sit down and write out what you’ve been saying to one another, that should be fine. It shouldn’t take more than a couple hours, and you’ll probably find that writing it all down gives you more ideas about what to do.
Business plan book April 10, 2007
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There are a several helpful–and free–online resources to help entrepreneurs prepare their business plans. One is a free online copy of The Book on Business Planning, written by the guy who wrote the software program Business Plan Pro. So if you want to read the book, you can either pay $19.95 for the paperback or read it here.
What’s a business plan? March 15, 2007
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We’ve talked a bit in class about business plans. Some of you have written one already. For others, it’s still a mystery.
Here’s one concise description of the elements of a business plan.
Top ten business plan mistakes February 7, 2007
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Click here for a useful (and short) slideshow from Inc.com.
