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How to write a persuasive business plan and how my success evolved into the BizPlanBuilder software system.

Angel Investors, Business Plan, Business Plan Software, Entrepreneurship, Raising Capital, Venture Capital, writing a business planBy Burke FranklinOctober 25, 2024

A lot goes into writing a good business plan. Before you even get started, here are a few important considerations that will make your business planning and presentation more successful.

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What Are You Going to Do Next?

Biz Therapy, Burke Franklin, Entrepreneurship, Management, Personal DevelopmentBy Burke FranklinOctober 9, 2024

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. “You know exactly what to do. You just don’t do it fast enough.” ~ Robert Petersen, CFI, Flight Instructor You really do know what to do… One afternoon I was flying my airplane home with my instructor. As we flew into the San Francisco Bay…

3 Curious Things I Learned From One of Our Investors

Business Plan, Entrepreneurship, Financing, Raising Capital, Venture CapitalBy Burke FranklinDecember 6, 2023

The other day, I got a call from one of our investors / advisors… Rob Kramarz at Intelliversity.org He had a question about using one of our 5-year financial model templates with a client. (As an investor himself, Rob also helps entrepreneurs raise capital.) And he uses Business Power Tools and our BizPlanBuilder to get…

Selling 3.0

Biz Therapy, Burke Franklin, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, SalesBy Burke FranklinJune 13, 2023

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. What if your customers already want to buy? Your job then, as a good salesperson, is to engineer the deal.   Sales techniques we learned in the past are appalling and ineffective, yet many are still in use — let’s revisit the sales process…

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Entrepreneur – Are You a Missionary OR a Mercenary?

Business Plan, Entrepreneurship, Raising Capital, writing a business planBy Burke FranklinApril 2, 2023

Missionaries want to save the world… Mercenaries want money… Which one are you and what difference does it make to investors?!? How can you be the best of BOTH? #raisecapital #businessplan #Entrepreneur

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