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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. That died with waterfall software development.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

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My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). I didn’t have first-hand experience in document management systems other than as a user and nobody had SaaS experience – the market was too new. I’ll always point out when I am.).

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

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We’re going to put our product out there and fail fast!&# [note: business plan to me does not equal long Microsoft Word document. OK, now you can attack me … Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice VC Industry.

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