Startup Weekend Tutorial: Business Planning for Entrepreneurs

Here at WebSite101, we like the Startup Weekend concept of launching businesses in one 54 hour marathon session - so much that we will launch a section of the site dedicated to monitor and report on Startup Weekend. Stay tuned for the first article and links to major press coverage like this Boston Globe coverage of their local Weekend!

Title	Subject
Business Plan Basics	Begin With Important Decisions
Gathering Information for Plans	Where to Find Business Planning Info
One Page Business Plan	Kick Start Your Planning Process
Design a Plan to Fit Your Business	Apropriate or Not?
Great Executive Summaries	Critical Piece of Your Plan
Financing Your Business	Good Routes to Financial Destination
Financing Your Home Business	With Any Method That Works
A Business Plan in 30 days	Not As Difficult As You Think!
Venture Capital Secrets	The Secrets to Financing
Business Plan Mistakes	Take it Seriously, Not Casually
More Business Plan Mistakes	Don't Make These Common Mistakes
Critical Mistakes in Your Business Plan	Most Important B-Plan Mistakes
Business Plan Maintenance	Making Adjustments
Business Plan Tips	Tips For Better Plans
Home Business Planning	Can Planning Your Home Business Work?
Marketing Matters in Your Business Plan	Don't Leave Out Your Marketing Strategy
Start-up Planning	Beginnings of Your Plan
Raising Capital in the New Economy	How Does It All Work?
Investor Ready Business Plan	What does it mean?
How Do I Start a Home Business?	Straightforward Answers
Internet Business Planning	What About The Web?
Angel Investors Sent from Heaven	Where Else Would They Come From?
GROWING Your Business	Don't Stunt the Growth of your Company
5 Common Free Agent Myths	Being a Consultant and Free Agency
Entrepreneurs and Business Planning	What do Entrepreneurs think of Plans?
Venture Capital Outlook Brighter	It Could Be a Strong Startup Year
Sample Plans	Show Me!
Early Stage Capital for Entrepreneurs	Survey of 74 Venture Capital Firms
Have You got time for Planning?	Don't Fail to Plan!

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Marketing Matters In Your Business Plan!
By Dee Power © 2000

If a business plan is the battle plan to get you investors, then the marketing section is a minefield for most entrepreneurs.

Marketing matters and its importance can't be overstated. Entrepreneurs have a tendency to fall in love with their product/service and just assume that everyone else will feel that same attraction.

"Build it and they will come" works in the movies not in the business world. Investors cite the marketing section, or really lack of marketing, as a critical error and a very common error of entrepreneurs.
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Financing Your Business
by Brett Krkosska

Finding the capital you need to finance your business can be a confusing and complicated process. Many great ideas stumble at this stage of business building.

Yet, moving through this stage breathes life into your business - giving it forward momentum like a roller coaster barreling down the first big hill. Finding money is just a matter of being informed and choosing the right path for money to enter the business.

There are several options available to you when searching for financing. Some methods of raising funds are less difficult than others, but all require some planning. Basic planning requires that you know the answer to these three questions:

1. What will you use the money for?
   
   You must know exactly where the money will be used. You must be specific, as generalities are recipes for disaster. Carefully identify the areas where money should flow into your business.
   
   
2. How much money do you need?
   
   You should calculate your needs to carry you through initial startup and into your first several months of operation. It's necessary to have a realistic picture of your needs. Many businesses fail because the money runs out before the business reaches profitability.
   
   
3. How will you pay back the money?
   

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