Business Plans? No Way! Our Approach is Better!

I don’t know about you, but we’re sick of hearing people say, “All you need is a business plan.” What a bunch of BS. Unless you’re going out to raise money, the last thing you need is a formal business plan. Most business owners don’t know how to make or use one anyway.

What you really need is to know where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. Successful business owners spend their time doing things to move their business forward and make their vision a reality. They don’t spend time formatting pie charts in a formal business plan document.
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How Do I Get Ready To Transition My Business (Part 2)?

Tonight is the second part of a show we started last week to talk about how to transition the business from one generation to the next.  These two shows are geared to the current owner and questions and concerns they have.  Net week we will get into questions from the next generation’s standpoint, but this week and last week’s shows should be helpful for you as well.

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How Do I Get Ready To Transition My Business?

This episode was designed to be the first of a 2-part series focused on helping both current owners and potential next generation owners figure out how to transition the business.  Well, we only got about half way through the questions for the current owner this week so we will cover the second half in next week’s show.  After that we will get into questions from the next generation’s standpoint.

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How Do I Present To An Investor?

In This Episode Many people are surprised that most business owners have never had to present their business before.  Whether it be to a financing source (e.g. investor or banker), their team, or to anyone else.  We have found that most owners simply put their heads down and grind out at the work of their […]

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