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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

I recommend a ten-slide pitch to start, reviewed by friends and advisors, to be expanded to a ten-to-twenty-page business plan with opportunity sizing, cost and price details, competitors, marketing and sales strategy, financial projections, and resources required. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

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How Great, Operationally-Focused CFO’s Can Transform Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

They can help you with pricing. What I used to do is pencil out my plans for the board deck and strategy topics and my CFO would then pull together the slides and analysis. The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. Who is leading your patent filing program? Another thing entrepreneurs f**k up? Shame on you.