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		<title>Planning tips from Palo Alto Software customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Lange</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey says&#8230; Every now and then you have to stop guessing about what your customers are doing and actually ask them. This fall, we conducted a survey of over 650 entrepreneurs and business planners who are using our software. Their responses yielded some helpful information for others tackling the most challenging aspects of business planning. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>Survey says&#8230;</strong><br />
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<p>Every now and then you have to stop guessing about what your customers are doing and actually ask them. This fall, we conducted a survey of over 650 entrepreneurs and business planners who are using our software. Their responses yielded some helpful information for others tackling the most challenging aspects of business planning.</p>
<p>As part of our series on &#8220;Back to Fundamentals&#8221; in business planning for Global Entrepreneurship Week we&#8217;ve posted an article about our survey, what it tells us, and you, how to use survey results in developing and planning our marketing strategies, tactics and programs.</p>
<p><a href="http://articles.bplans.com/index.php/business-articles/starting-a-business/planning-tips-from-palo-alto-software-customers/260">Click here to read our Planning tips from Palo Alto Software customers article</a>.</p>
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