Fred Gibbons


Recent Articles about Fred Gibbons

Boosting Software Sales

Software publishers learn more about retail customers through grass-roots market research and dealer councils.  Read more

Pick the Target Audience, Then Tailor Your Plan

One of the key steps in preparing your business plan is targeting it to the right audience. If you're seeking out financing, for example, will your pl...  Read more

Make Leadership, Not War

Analogies between war and business are imperfect (Executive Forum: "The Secrets of Guerrilla Management," February). "Guerrilla" may be how some peo...  Read more

Fiscal Therapy

At a two-day "boot camp" for high-tech start-ups, CEOs thought they'd be learning how to attract Silicon Valley investors. What they got was even more import...  Read more

The Birth Of An Industry

Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry.  Read more

The Basics of Business Plans: Sell, Sell, Sell

You've probably heard all the academic and formal definitions of a business plan--something to the effect that it's a document describing your company's g...  Read more