A Business Plan That Will Win Capital: 5 Steps
Raising that vital capital depends on how well you execute five steps to create a winning business plan. Read story

Strategy consultant, start-up investor, teacher, corporate speaker, pundit and author Peter Cohan has invested in six start-ups, three of which were sold for a total of $2 billion. Before founding Peter S. Cohan & Associates in 1994, he worked with HBS strategy guru Michael Porter. Cohan has run over 150 consulting assignments for corporations and governments and engaged corporate audiences from Barcelona to Beijing. He teaches business strategy at Babson College and entrepreneurship at Olin College of Engineering.
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