The Bulletproof Business Plan
How to bulletproof your business plan during a slumping economy.
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Executive Summary as a Guiding Light
A good executive summary is hard to write. It should present your entire business plan in miniature.
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How to Win Big and Get Ahead Fast
College business-plan contests offer competitors the chance to win sizable chunks of cash.
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Will Your Business Plan Attract VCs?
A recent study finds that business plans have little to do with venture capitalists' investment decisions.
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Seat of the Pants
Everyone says that before you launch a company, you've got to write a business plan. So how come so many Inc 500 CEOs skipped that sober exercise?
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