A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals.
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Is there a site for tracking active business plan competitions?
Two questions:
a) Is there a site (or sites) that tracks active business plan competitions. Ideally a collection of competitions that are accepting submissions, rules of entry, prize money (if any), ...
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How much money can I expect to get from corporate sponsorships on iPad applications?
I am a developer of an iPad application that can be used to expedite the transfer of information from patients to physicians. We are marketing to a wide variety of multispecialty adolescent clinics, ...
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Business models based on user information
I am in the process of figuring out what business plan would be most appropriate for my online service. Essentially, the questions I'm asking myself are:
Can internet companies survive on providing ...
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What is the role of depreciation in financial models?
I do not have an accounting background so please excuse the point blankness of my question. I'm writing a business plan and saw that several sample plans include depreciation in their financial ...
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Question About Findings Ones Epicenter
In the 37signals book rework they mention finding ones Epicenter, the one thing your business must have to survive.
They use the example of a hot dog stand and the guy needing at least the hot dog ...
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Amazon like business model?
I am trying to create a business plan for educational purposes. I found this plan through wikipedia and it is quite interesting.
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How to design / mockup a business plan?
Is there any software like Balsamiq Mockups to have a mockup of your business plan?
I need to show the how things will work as a biz plan instead of how things will work on the website.
As far as I ...
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Startup losing its focus, is there danger in overextending?
I am a software engineer working at a startup of less than 5 years that has a mildly successful software that brings in enough money to keep the lights on and everybody paid. I am currently the only ...
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Sample business case/feasibility study case-studies
I'm trying to look at some existing business-cases/feasibility studies to get an idea of what all to include and how to approach it. I'm sure there is no need to reinvent the wheel, but it seems there ...
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Considering LeanStartupMachine Weekend
A couple questions have been asked on similar topics. I would like specifically to know if anyone has any thoughts specifically on LeanStartupMachine weekends.
Also, more generally, we are nearly ...
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Where can I find professional business plan makers online
Where can I find best business plan makers online.
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Where can I find samples of good one page executive summary for a business plan?
We are applying for angel investment for our startup and looking for some samples of one page executive summary. Please share if you are aware of any.
Thanks,
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Whats next step? Am starting a Dropshipping company in India. I'll start with say 200 to 1000 shirts
I believe this will work here in India since there are more and more people willing to earn extra sitting right at their home. This gives a scope for future in dropshipping business. As am being in ...
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We are in primary stage of building a product, should we review our primary prototype or should we bring final product directly in market
We are preparing some visualised education content, we friends have a small debate on what should be our next strategy to built the final product.
Should we make a prototype of our product, and ...
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Business Plan of a website
So i have an idea for a website.
In the development of the business plan, i would need to know what percent of people are going to use this website, how much money am i going to make and how am i ...
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What are the requirements for raising capital for IPO through private placement?
Well I am trying to raise capital for upcoming IPO's.I would appreciate for the answer of these questions.
1.What are the requirements for raising capital by Private placement memorandum process.
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How do you structure a written product description?
I'm writing the product description for the business plan of my website and I'm looking for a proven structural template.
My website is a mircodonation service (see my profile if your interested). The ...
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Pricing for the premium content?
We are in a process of launching a new start-up. It is a web based software application/platform providing business networking services. Although not directly comparable, however for the illustration ...
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What is a good ratio between indirect & direct costs?
We have made a calculations in a business plan and our indirect costs are greater than direct costs. It looks so wrong... does it exist any standards what is the max. for indirect costs?
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Can I manage my company?
I am 22 years old. Finished my bachelors degree and now started a small scale business. I strongly believe that one day I will grow high and make international expansion. My parents asks me to stop my ...
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For an educational service startup, what would be the effect if we provide expert-exchange through webinars?
We are making a I.T based framework, which contains
visual learning,
MCQ-exam,
student performance analytic.
We think to put expert-exchange service in our business model.
Here experts means the ...
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Points to be mentioned while writing to angels
I am about to start writing to Angel investors about my project. Can anybody tell me what are the bullet points to be included while writing to Angels.
Should I follow any steps while writing to ...
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How do you get immediate information about a product launch announcement? [closed]
How to be one of the first few to get the information of any product launch announcement?
How does the release or launch of any upcoming product or service get into the news?
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For an educational services startup, how do you finalize your business plan and marketing strategy?
We are trying to target the education sector for our business, we are developing the resources with the following features:
Interactive animation for subject content
Examination
Tracking system ...
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Should I pay for blog content?
I recently created a blog asking people to discuss their missed opportunities, hoping to spark more conversation. I am getting some traffic but no one ever posts anything. As a promotion, I starting ...
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How you look at all variables of a business case and decide if it's 'worth it'?
Given a business case with even a modest 20-30 variables/dimensions on which one would base the case, how does anyone going over it decide whether it is 'worth it'?
I mean if looking at a business ...
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What counts as a business plan
So i have an idea for website.
Now since i am not good at developing a website, i hire people for doing it.
Any other thing included to be developed, i hire people for that too..
For initial ...
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What's In a Business Plan and Do I Really Need One
Business plans cause a lot of anxiety for the new entrepreneur. I think it stems from the fact that they are a lot of work and putting one together, especially if you have never done one, is quantum ...
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Approach Investor without business plan but you are building what he said he would invest in?
I was just watching some interview of an investor. I was shocked to hear when he described the idea he would invest in is very similar if not exact thing to what we are developing. He said send me the ...
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How should I spend my limited financial capability to gain momentum in my startup?
I am a start up, with no office. fairly new to Canada with no financial records. No website (only Domain name). Working from a rented room.
I registered my company. Imported a small stock that is ...
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How to find the market size, expected revenue etc. for any start up idea? for eg market size of online flash banner creator websites
I have seen many website which create flash banner ads online and you can directly download the customized flash banner, thought it is not a new business idea I feel I can add some unique feature to ...
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Calculating a company's market share without data?
I am working on a start-up, about a software programme, in the Augmented Reality industry and I have no clue about the number of sales of competitors or about their overall profit, so that I can ...
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Should a free listing in a niche directory include full features?
I have built my own web directory for a niche business market.
The directory is still in its early days.
I have currently kept the basic plan completely free and I am not restricting the information ...
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Where do I find company information for revenue projections?
I'd like to get the information for Groupon or another web 2.0 company to see their revenue, subscriber, traffic, etc. curves for our business plan financial projections. They are a close model to our ...
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How do you determine how much to raise for seed funding?
Foreward: Assume the beta release had been executed with lean a startup model and had generated impressive traction within a single city launch.
In preparation for investment proposals for a web ...
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What is the canonical answer to “If we can get only x% of this y$ market” where x is a very small number and y a very big one?
One often sees business plans or pitches along the lines of "yeah we're going after a well-entrenched market, but it's a very big one and we need to get only x% of it to be profitable" where x is ...
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What Factors to Consider When Projecting Growth?
What factors should I take into account and what assumptions should I make when projecting user-base growth? Also, does anyone know where I can find growth rates for companies like: linkedin, ...
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Start a web designing Company or Just bea Freelancer & go for a full time l Job ? I am in Big Dilemma
I have just finished my Degree in BTech in Electronics& Communications few months back and i am a enthusiastic Web designer so after my Degree in B Tech i started do a freelancing web designing ...
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Resources for writing an effective business plan [closed]
I am working on a startup / home business / online business, and have some very solid web application development skills. This will be a service based online business and I am looking for some good ...
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Guide on writing a good business plan for a technology startup
I'm looking for advice on writing a business plan for a VC or Angel investor in the technology field. What are they looking for in a business plan/pitch?
There are some good basic guides on creating ...
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What are key difference in the way SMEs and big companies buy IT solutions?
I am looking for reports/articles/research on how SMEs and big companies differ in their approach for finding and buying IT solutions. I would expect that ROI and the cost of the ownership play bigger ...
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How much equity is a business plan worth?
Say one person comes up with the idea for a startup, and spends a significant amount of time over 2 years developing the business plan. That person then asks others to join the startup as co-founders ...
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How to bootstrap a portal?
I want to start a property portal but I dont have huge ad budget to get traffic for listing then how do I get my first listing on the portal?
If people come on my property portal through ads or any ...
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What should I have in my Business Plan?
I am looking to start a business, however I have no capitol of my own, no prospects of friends or colleagues to help with financing and no idea how to find investors.
My plan is to focus on my ...
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Business plan with failure scenarios
I am helping a friend with some short to medium term scenarios/ projections for a business plan. I worked out some failure scenarios as in if the business folds in 6 months we will be able to salvage ...
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www.scribd.com type business model
I had used Scribd.com and in order to download anything they asked to upload and share something or pay for the download --- Now I feel this is a good business model especially when you are a startup ...
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How do you maximize the opportunity for a “purchase from competitor” exit strategy?
In the development of a solid business plan -- whether written for a formal purpose or as an internal document to focus the activities of the leadership -- there is the identification of the potential ...
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What does it really take to make an MMORPG/Where should I go from here?
So this morning I'm taking a shower, when suddenly I have an epiphany! The greatest idea I ever had, and it's about a dynamic 3D persistent-world MMORPG that breaks from the classic MMO in all senses ...
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Business of Software
I am in the process of writing my business plan now I have a few questions. I do apologise if some of the Questions I ask have been answered already.
Firstly I want to start Mobile App development ...
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Is there any categorization or in-depth analysis of business models based on the Internet?
I was searching for some information, analyses and categorization for business models that are used in Internet-based businesses (basically: in the businesses that are conducted through the Internet).
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