If strategic planning were as easy as “re-painting” your business, where would you start? When was the last time you painted something? A piece of furniture, a fence, a room, a house, a car… How did you go about it? Did you just grab a can of spray paint or a brush and start painting?…
There you are with a business idea of a lifetime and you’re in front of a room full of investors… Although there are many of the usual things you must get right in your initial presentation to investors, here are my top 3 must-do’s to include. More and more investors these days are “Betting…
A Coordinated System of Remarkably Easy to Use Document and Spreadsheet Templates for Organizing, Financing, Running, and Someday Selling Your Business by Dr. Paul M. Wendee, DBA, MBA, CFP® Dear Burke, As you know, I’ve advised entrepreneurs growing businesses for more than 30 years. Their problems? How to handle the everyday challenges of organizing, planning,…
Many years ago at the University of Texas at Austin, I was a judge for a business plan competition. There were 3 venture capitalists and me on the panel. The odd thing that struck me was that every team at some point stated, “We’re going to do a million dollars our first year.” Hmmm… I…
Most AI-generated emails and posts I get begin with, “I hope this email finds you well…” (That’s when I know to delete it!) Especially when the sender neglected to review and edit the rest of it! A more honest intro might be, “I’ll bet this email finds you overwhelmed out of your mind…!” That would…