Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:33:01 PST http://www.allbusiness.com/business-planning/business-plans/3476477-1.html AllBusiness.com - Business Planning Demystified en-us Copyright 1999-2009 AllBusiness.com All Rights Reserved. http://www.allbusiness.com/asset/image/general_site_image/3472344.gif http://www.allbusiness.com/business-planning/business-plans/3476477-1.html 46 144 http://www.allbusiness.com/reports-reviews-sections/interviews/13403133-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/reports-reviews-sections/interviews/13403133-1.html A 12-question interview on the latest in business planning, including why you need a business plan and why that's much easier than you think. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-support-business-small-assistance/13167472-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-support-business-small-assistance/13167472-1.html A good radio interview by Jim Blasingame, interviewing Kelle Olwyler, on the myths of business planning. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:50:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/13120023-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/13120023-1.html Recommending two good posts on two important elements of business planning. The first talks about increasing accountability in a business, and the second about how planning can make the difference between success and failure. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:25:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/publishing-electronic-publishing/12838329-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/publishing-electronic-publishing/12838329-1.html Answering a reader's question about where to find a master list of startup expenses for a specific business plan. No, there is no list, it depends on what you want, where you are, what resources you have, and your strategy ... Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:35:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet-social/12755988-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet-social/12755988-1.html There's a new business pitch site at pitch.bplans.com that gives you a place to put your business summary and video pitch for free. No promise of investors looking at it, but tips, comments, and a dedicated URL can help your business. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:05:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet/12715861-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet/12715861-1.html A 5-minute video looking at details of cash flow for small business, why you want to plan your cash flow, and why cash flow is like a river. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:30:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-strategy/12695004-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-strategy/12695004-1.html Why simplifying assumptions in a business plan? It has do to with diminishing return on effort, not trying to model reality three years into the future in full detail. It's planning, not accounting, and particularly not accounting detail imagined in the future. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet-social/12639815-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet-social/12639815-1.html I posted 5 Dangerous Myths of Business Planning yesterday on the Industry Word blog on the new business.gov community site. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:10:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/12619834-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/12619834-1.html Business planning is for anybody wanting to run a business better, or start a new business; but it is too often thought of as only for people trying to raise investment capital ... Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:05:00 GMT http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/12608243-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/12608243-1.html There are so many dumb ideas floating around this collection of misconceptions that I get frustrated. Not that either Henry Blodget or Kevin Ryan are dumb, but they're playing that straw man game again, defining a business plan as something dumb, and then calling it dumb. No Doh. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT