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Investors Know A Product Doesn’t Make a Business

Startup Professionals Musings

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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Never Negotiate Piecemeal. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. Persuading a journalist to write about you rather than the 1,000 other companies bugging them. I talked too much.

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Entrepreneurs Confuse Product and Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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5 Mistakes to Avoid Making With Your Executive Summary

Tech Zulu Event

to “where can I get help writing one?” Don’t outsource the job. While it may be tempting, with everything that you have to do, to try to find someone else to write your executive summary, you really need to do this yourself. They won’t do that if they are faced with a poorly written, lengthy, and vague document.

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Interview with William Chow, Mobophiles

socalTECH

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. It's like an intranet, but has collaborative features like document management. What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Don’t Assume Product Plans are Better Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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