How to Start a Business With (Almost) No Money

You’re excited to start a business. Maybe you have an idea, or you’re just fascinated with the idea of launching and growing your own enterp...

Writing a Business Plan

Your business plan outlines your business strategy and what you need to do to achieve your goals. It helps you think through your options, i...

A Better Business Plan Can Lead to New Customers

One thing almost all small businesses need is more sales. John Doerr, a venture capitalist with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said t...

How to Write a Business Plan

Now that you understand why you need a business plan and you've spent some time doing your homework gathering the information you need t...

3 Rules For Writing A Business Plan

3 Rules For Writing A Business Plan: 1. Keep it short. Business plans should be short and concise. The reasoning for that is twofold: ...

Sun Tzu Advices: How To Be A Great Leader

Sun Tzu is well known as a leader of war and strategy. There was no greater war leader and strategist than Chinese military general Sun Tzu...

Plan Your Business Plan

You've decided to write a business plan, and you're ready to get started. Congratulations. You've just greatly increased the ch...

A Simple Business Plan

When I first started working with business plans back in the late 1970s, the average plan was much longer and more complex than what I see ...

An Introduction to Business Plans

A business plan is a written description of your business's future. That's all there is to it--a document that desribes what you pl...

Why You Must Have a Business Plan

It's more than a tool for getting funding. Think of it as the road map to your business's future. Recently someone asked me why t...

The World Events That Occurred On November 3 You Must Know

2015 Melbourne Cup won by Prince of Penzance ridden by Michelle Payne - 1st woman to win 2015 Game Maker Activision Blizzard (Call of Dut...