For my recent blog posts, I post first on my main blog Planning Startups Stories at timberry.bplans.com. These are reposted from that blog. Lately I also post often on Quora.
10 Pervasive Business Plan Myths
In dealing with business plans and business planning for four decades, I’ve come to know well some very pervasive business plan myths that should be …
Avoid these 5 Critical Mistakes in Startup Financials
What are the critical mistakes in startup financial projections? Here is my list of five critical mistakes. It comes from reviewing more than a hundred …
How to Know a Good Business Plan
What’s a good business plan? A business plan is as good or bad as its results. The decisions it causes. Divide this into two parts: …
Profits vs. Growth, yes. Maximize Profits, No.
Understand the inherent tradeoff between profits vs. growth. I’m struck by how much business writing and thinking takes optimizing profits as the objective. Maximize your …
Somebody Stole My Idea
How do you feel when somebody steals your idea? It’s a frequently asked question. Here’s my answer. That happened to me once. A business associate …
How Do I Start my Business With No Money?
(Note: consider this one a guest post from Paul O’Brien, CEO of MediaTech Ventures. It’s his answer to a Quora question “how much money do …