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Revealing Risks in Your Business Plan?

It’s OK to Have Risks… Investors Expect Risks! We usually don’t want to talk about risks in our business because it diminishes our opportunity for raising capital, growing, or selling it. To build trust and maintain your credibility as a smart, flexible business executive, it’s better to acknowledge what can go wrong upfront and describe…

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Video – How to Write a Business Plan:
Your “Business Location”

VIDEO – What investors, lenders, acquirers look for in your business and in your plan — What to think about as you edit the “Business Location” section of your business plan and what investors and lenders (crowdfund, angel, venture capital, SBA) look for as they consider funding or buying your start up or growing company.

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Hiring the Right People

Before you hire anyone just to get something done, take some time to plan what you need done and who you need to hire. Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt   “There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability…

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How to self-fund bootstrap your business without raising capital

10 Ways to Build Your Business Without Raising Capital – Business Power Tools founder and BizPlanBuilder business plan software template creator Burke Franklin consults on strategies for building businesses without investment capital. And if/when you need it, you’ll be in the strongest position… Click to watch now…