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Business Plans for Venture Capitalists

If you have a great business idea but you need to raise money to invest in it, the traditional banks are often too risk averse so you have to turn to the strange world of venture capital finance and that means dealing with people who make the Dragons Den entrepreneurs look nice, kind and generous!

You need a proper business plan and if you are going to get involved in venture capital, you should take professional advice. Advice now could a) get you the money and b) save you a fortune in the future.

Duct Tape Marketing Link With Palo Alto

Palo Alto, the software providers of the popular Business Plan Pro (affiliate link) and Market Plan Pro have joined forces with John Jantsch and his Duct Tape Marketing brand to create Market Plan Pro powered by Duct Tape Marketing (affiliate link).

This is certainly an interesting move for the Duct Tape Marketing brand and will help make it much better known so I congratulate John for making it happen.

7 Step Guerrilla Marketing Plan Format

If you are looking for a marketing plan format I want to share with you one of the key fundamentals of Guerrilla Marketing (the small business marketing approach that create high impact results from low and no cost marketing weapons) - the Seven Step Guerrilla Marketing Plan.

Why You Need A Marketing Plan

You need a marketing plan to help you to coordinate the most important function of your business - how you attract and satisfy your customers so successfully that they come back for more.

It helps you to gain clarity of what you want and what needs to be done.

How To Write A Good Business Plan

Today's free guide will help you to write a good business plan.

I know everybody says "you must have a business plan" but have you really spent a few hours focusing your thoughts about the future of your business?

Probably not.

Professional Business Plan Writers: Should You Hire One?

Once again I am indebted to Rob Warlow of Small Business Success for providing the contents of this blog/article.

Take it away Rob

Professional Business Plan Writers: Should You Hire One?

Are you interested in starting up your own business?  If so, you should carefully consider writing a business plan.  The thought of preparing a business plan tends to fill most business owners with dread; it can be a difficult, stressful, and time consuming process.  For this reason alone you may want to think about seeking assistance.

Business Planning is Not Just For Start-Ups

In this article from the September issue of Better Business Focus, Alan Gleeson, MD of Palo Alto Software Ltd, creators of Business Plan Pro business planning software explains "Why Business Planning Is Not Just For Start Ups."

It is a common myth to assume that business planning is only done by new business start-ups, perhaps just in the conception stage.

Business Plans: How To Write A Killer Business Plan

I intended to write a blog about how to write a business plan but then I had a better idea.

Why not have my friend Rob Warlow, bank manager and prolific website author of Small Business Success let you in on the secrets of:

“How to Write a ‘Killer’ Business Plan”

Writing a Business Plan can be a daunting task.  You have so many ideas floating around in your head that it can be difficult to capture them all in a logical format. However, committing time to writing an effective Plan can help improve your chances of success.  In this article I will be giving you some tips on how to write a ‘killer’ Business Plan!