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Business Plan Sample: A well-written business plan is a crucial ingredient in preparing for business success. Without a sound business plan, a firm merely drifts along without any real direction. Yet, entrepreneurs, who tend to be people of action, too often jump right into a business venture without taking time to prepare a...; Tags: Entrepreneurship; Tools & templates 2007-09-01
Business Plan Creation: The business plan is a written summary of the entrepreneur's proposed venture, its operational and financial details, its marketing opportunities and strategy, and its managers' skills and abilities. There is no substitute for a well-prepared business plan, and there are no shortcuts to creating it. "Your business plan is like...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, insurance, small business, marketing, financial, strategy; Tools & templates 2007-09-01
Revolutionary Thinking: How does a good idea take hold? Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis knows the answer. The Brooklyn-born new media bad boy has been stirring up money and attention for his projects ever since he founded The Silicon Alley Reporter in 1996. He followed that with Weblogs, Inc., which he sold to...; Tags: search engine; Videos 2007-09-24
Number of M.B.A. Grads Each Year: Bright, young entrepreneurs used to be few and far between, but in today's competitive business environment a Master's degree is considered by some to be an essential bargaining chip in landing a job. How many M.B.A. grads enter the market annually? In 2005 there were 142,000 -- almost two times...; Tags: Jonathan Haeber, M.B.A. Grads; Blog posts 2007-09-20
10 Underrated Business Books: They are hardly traditional, but by challenging conventional wisdom, these books explain the big ideas that are essential to business success. Economics ...; Tags: Geoffrey James, organizational behavior, incentive, long tail, statistical analysis, public relations, worker, job, marketing; Articles 2007-08-24

Making Your Meetings Matter: In a perfect world, when you call a meeting, everyone shows up on time, comes prepared, is not distracted by their PDA or laptop, and stays alert and engaged. But it’s not a perfect world. BNET talks to Bert Decker a communications expert, best selling author and entrepreneur, to find...; Tags: PDAs, PDA, laptop computer; Videos 2007-05-21
Watch What You Say: When You Open Your Mouth, Do You Drive Away Business?: Ask any English professor or business communicator, and you'll receive the same answer: Whether you're speaking to the public or chatting with an investor or vendor over lunch, the quality of your vocabulary affects your company's bottom line. It's not surprising that grammarians and business experts don't recommend botching the...; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc., industry; White papers 2007-03-01
7 Signs Of An Entrepreneur: Do You Have The Right Personality Type To Successfully Run Your Own Business?: It takes an entrepreneurial fire in your belly to start a business - and make it succeed - and not everyone has it. How do you know if you have what it takes to start a business? There's really no way to know for sure. But the author does find...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship; White papers 2007-08-24
SCORE Helps Technology Entrepreneur Make The Grade: Akian had no experience in the education market. And despite what was then a booming market for technology services, any missteps could cost him more than just his dream of entrepreneurship. SCORE's counselor, Joe DeSalvo wanted him to focus on hisarketing agenda, which was different from other approaches to business...; Tags: entrepreneurship, thin client, venture capital, PC, computer; Case studies 2007-08-16
A SCORE Review Is The Finishing Touch For An Aspiring Franchise Owner: Brook Nienhaus of Appleton, Wisc., always wanted to own his own business. In 2002, after having been downsized for the second time, he was ready to begin pursuing his dream. Like many aspiring entrepreneurs, Brook explored opportunities in franchising. Knowing he'd need a business loan, Brook confidently put together a...; Tags: entrepreneurship, financial; Case studies 2007-08-16
Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, And Entrepreneurship: This paper study how US branch banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms in the non-financial sector using establishment-level data from the US Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database. The comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for...; Tags: Regulations, deregulation, banking, financing, entrepreneurship; White papers 2007-07-10
Order Form: This basic Order Form Template is used to obtain information necessary to fulfill a customer order.; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc.; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Sales Receipt: This template serves as a formal record of an order sent to a customer.; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Entrepreneur.com Inc., sales; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Business Credit Application: Use this Business Credit Application when another business, such as a distributor or vendor, wishes to establish credit terms with your company.; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc.; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Auto Expense Travel Report: This expense report is used to record an employee's automobile travel mileage and reimbursement expenses.; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc.; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Cash Receipts Journal: This template is used to keep a record of cash receipts across various accounts during a given month. It will help you track cash coming into your business. Use it alongside the Cash Disbursements Journal, which tracks cash going out of your business.; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc.; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Startup Costs Worksheets: This template will help you estimate both one-time and continued costs for the first 90 days of your new business.; Tags: Entrepreneur.com Inc.; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Sales Summary Card: The Sales Summary Card Template is used to keep track of sales of a given item.; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Entrepreneur.com Inc., sales; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Sales Follow-Up: This template sheet is used when tracking sales contacts made to a specific prospect.; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Entrepreneur.com Inc., sales; Tools & templates 2006-08-17
Sales Journal: This template can be used to record sales, debits, sales tax and receivables for various accounts for a given month.; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Entrepreneur.com Inc., receivables, sales; Tools & templates 2006-08-17