Articles in "Planning for Success"

Developing a Business Plan

One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of starting a business is the process of preparing a Business Plan. It is through preparation of a formal business plan than you begin the process of refining what your business will actually be and, more importantly, how you can make it successful from the start. [...]

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Developing a Marketing Plan

An integral part of the process of starting a business is preparing a Marketing Plan. Whether the business will provide a service or sell a product, it will need customers in some form. Who those customers are, how they will be identified and located, and how they will be attracted to the business are crucial [...]

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Developing a Financial Plan

The third crucial part of your initial Business Plan entails how your business will obtain enough money to actually survive until it is successful. The failure of many small businesses relates directly to underestimating the amount of money needed to start and continue the business. Most business owners can, with relative ease, estimate the amount [...]

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How To Use Sales Representatives Agreements in Your Business

Making the right call when it comes to hiring a sales representative can make or break your business – especially the younger your business is. After all, sales representatives are your face to the public, your representative, your clarion call. It’s obvious why you want to make the right decision in hiring a new sales [...]

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You’ve Signed a Non-Disclosure Form – What are Your Rights?

Signing a Non-Disclosure or Confidentiality Agreement is part of standard practice for a lot of new arrangements in business. If you’re starting a job, you might find yourself signing one – this is similarly true if you’re working on a temporary or freelance basis. But while these agreements might be standard practice for some, you’re [...]

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How to Use Business Partnership Agreements You Can Both Live With

The business partnership is both an intimate and complicated relationship – intimate in the fact that you’re making your money available and open to someone else, complicated for the very same reason. Money is a powerful tool and can be used to create great companies…or bring down many a business partnership when one or two [...]

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