Business Plan Lesson 8: Executive Summary

This is the eighth  part of a ten part series on business planning. If you want to start from the beginning, sign up for the Free Weekly Business Planning Series and recieve a blank business outline too! Although it appears at the front of the plan, a good executive summary is written last. The summary captures the highlights of the entire business plan document, just as a traveling itinerary reflects the key happenings of a trip but does not account for every minute spent. The executive summary should be clear and concise, and between two and three pages in length. Lenders, investors, and...

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Indiana's Favorite Blogs

Voting has started for the 2009 Indiana’s Favorite Blog Contest.  Actually there are two separate contents promoting local bloggers.   So what is going on?  Two groups had a similar thought to promote local bloggers.   Since we are on both lists, I am glad they did! I think Mike Seidle sums it up well when he says: Reality is that I’m just glad to see Indiana bloggers get their due. Looking at the entries, it’s good to see a lot of the same names on both contests. It’s also good to see how many of the contestants in the 2009 Indina’s Favorite Blog contest...

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Indiana’s Favorite Blogs

Voting has started for the 2009 Indiana’s Favorite Blog Contest.  Actually there are two separate contents promoting local bloggers.   So what is going on?  Two groups had a similar thought to promote local bloggers.   Since we are on both lists, I am glad they did! I think Mike Seidle sums it up well when he says: Reality is that I’m just glad to see Indiana bloggers get their due. Looking at the entries, it’s good to see a lot of the same names on both contests. It’s also good to see how many of the contestants in the 2009 Indina’s Favorite Blog contest...

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Will You Be at the Main Event on October 27?

If you are based in Indy, I would hope you will check out the Rainmaker Main Event this Month.   It is always a good time, but this month even more fun, since I will be the featured speaker. I could tell you all about myself.. ( whatever) or simply let Rainmaker Founder do it for me. The meeting will be Tuesday Night, October 27  at 5:30.  The cost is $20 for members and $35 if you are not.   Hope you can make it! And while I am on the subject of shamless self promotion, this blog has been nominated on a few local Top Fifity Lists and I would love your support! Check out:...

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Big Changes in Advertising

According to IBM, we are going to see big changes in Advertising in the next few years.  It seems they conducted a study of 2,400 consumers and 80 advertising experts and have written a report entitled. “The end of advertising as we know it.” They have identified four factors which will drive this change. Attention – Consumers are increasingly in control of how they view, interact with and filter advertising in a multichannel world. Creativity – Thanks to technology, the rising popularity of user-generated and peer-delivered content, and new ad revenue-sharing models (e.g.,...

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