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Whether you’re a budding business owner or an experienced hotshot, taking some time to read what’s going on in the industry is essential. The internet is filled with resources and publications dedicated to assisting you in your ventures, but you have to be able to track down the good stuff. By accessing BPlans, you’re already reading some [...]

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In its goal to make the world a better place for mothers and babies worldwide, Maternova has enjoyed landmark achievements since winning LivePlan’s $10,000 Boost business plan competition. Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 Palo Alto Software announced today that it is excited to see the ongoing growth of Rhode Island-based startup, Maternova (http://www.maternova.net), the social venture [...]

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Elect Yourself President

by Lindsey Muth on February 15, 2013

This Monday is Presidents’ Day in the U.S. and in the spirit of the holiday we want to celebrate our favorite presidents and leaders. Namely: you! We appreciate Lincoln’s brilliant plans, FDR’s innovative new deals, and entrepreneurs’ dynamic business plans. We appreciate you, who rise every day to place executive orders, create bold new deals, and [...]

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writing a winning business plan

If you missed the webinar on “How to Write a Winning Business Plan,” you can still watch it below. You get to see how quick and easy it is to create both a dynamic business pitch and a business plan that supports your brilliant business idea. We’ve also included answers to the questions we were not able [...]

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Where’s Your Wow?

by Cidnee Stephen on October 9, 2012

I discovered this little piece of heaven on holidays this year. It’s a place on the Sunshine Coast in Canada, and I fell in love with it so much, I have gone back twice already. Both times that I caught a glimpse of the view, I got goosebumps and my eyes welled up with tears. [...]

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Dr. Seuss once said: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the one who’ll decide where to go.” It’s feasible to think that Dr. Seuss was talking to the [...]

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I’m delighted that the latest version of LivePlan now includes what we’re calling the Scoreboard, meaning the best-yet positive step on the way to what business planning is really supposed to be, today, which is a tool for managing a company. This step is classically simple: two visuals only, one for sales and the other [...]

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early bplans

January of 1995. Few people knew of the Internet, Mozilla, and the world-wide web. The so-called “Internet” had existed for years, but seemed to the rest of us (anybody outside of a few spook havens and ivory towers) like a nerdy background utility for emails.  And I started bplans.com. I hope you’ve noticed big changes [...]

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As the song goes, it’s not easy being green. Well, it’s not easy being the Technical Support guy either. While the rest of us in the Marketing and Customer Service departments tend to get a lot of the fun sides of talking to our customers, that isn’t always the case with Tech Support. So imagine [...]

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Having just completed my spring business plan season — three big business plan contests and our angel group investment — I think it’s a good time to poke some holes in several damaging and far-too-common myths about startups.

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