How to win a business plan competition
We’re in the middle of business plan competition season, and we’re seeing some great plans, and a lot of common mistakes. We’ve assembled some of our best advice on business competitions, below. Ask...
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CriticalBiz Founder Knows How Critical Business Plan Is
Like a lot of entrepreneurs, Michael Turner started his own company after growing disillusioned with working for somebody else. As he remembers: “There were meetings galore, lots of PowerPoint slide...
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Why Advertising Doesn't Work for (Most) Small Businesses
Article by Carolyn Higgins Pick up a newspaper, magazine or advertising circular and look at the ads. What do you see? A whole bunch of the same thing: a list of services; a company name; a tagline; a...
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Betting on Web Bartering — A Success Story
Bruce Mayberry is what’s known as a serial entrepreneur. He’s been self-employed for over 20 years, and his business ventures have run the gamut from selling high-speed data circuits to owning an art...
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Professional Writer Uses Professional Tools — A Business Plan Pro Success Story
James P. Shelley James P. Shelley creates business documents for a living. He writes full business plans, financial plans, summaries, even Web copy and employee/employer documents (like employee...
View ArticleWomen in the Workplace – The Tipping Point
Women will become, in the next few months, the majority of the American workforce, passing the 50% threshold, according to The Economist‘s Dec. 30, 2009 issue. Here are a few items from the article...
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9 Ways Your Business is Like Baseball
Every year around this time, I find baseball analogies everywhere. Spring training is underway, and for a baseball fan like me, it’s a hopeful time when my team has the world ahead of it and anything...
View ArticleStartups Surprise Because They are More Than a Job
“Unconsciously, everyone expects a startup to be like a job,” says Paul Graham, programming language designer, author, and venture firm partner. “It explains why people [in startups] are surprised…and...
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A New Fan of the Plan — Diane Peloquin's Success Story
Diane Peloquin found out recently that she had secured the property she was hoping for: a much sought-after piece of commercial real estate in Surrey, British Columbia. She intends to turn it into Cafe...
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Legal Summer Reduces Students’ Stress — A Success Story
During his second year of law school, Philip Amoa began the process of searching for internships. He found the research stressful — he had to locate law firms in specific geographic markets,...
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