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The definitive guide on how to write a business plan (free templates)

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A business plan is essential to your company’s success. After all, seven out of ten businesses fail within five years. We know you’re starting a new business or moving to expand and want to stay focused on the positive and the last thing you want to talk about is failure. What is a business plan?

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The 5 Stages of Entrepreneurship

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After an initial brainstorming session, you’ll need to narrow your scope and focus on one idea. Stage 2: Planning Just as architects need building plans to construct a new building, entrepreneurs need business plans to create successful businesses. We’ll explain how you can validate concepts below.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

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He shares the story of how Twitter came into existence from a big picture brainstorming day with people from a podcasting company considering tough competition from Apple and having an idea for an SMS service. The strategy you create is never complete – it is finding a set of answers to basic powerful strategy questions”.