Starting Up
Business Plan Template
Startup Connection offers a better solution to cookie-cutter versions of business development – real customized plans that “fit” your business and don’t get shelved. Our Business Roadmap is designed as part of a challenging process to define the business and ensure its success.
Write a Winning Sales Pitch
We believe the skill of communicating the passion for your business to others — in the form of a refined “elevator speech” — is a pure necessity to your success.
Getting You Started
Here you can find some essential “How-To’s” and planning templates for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The goals are to provide critical information, tips, and recommendations to improve your business and help you focus on urgent components.
The templates provide assistance in defining information needs and developing a process to help plan your business. Don’t worry if you can’t answer or understand everything since this process has a somewhat steep learning curve. That’s why I’m here — to help you get it right!
Never Underestimate the Importance of Perception
Which line is longer? You may think it’s the middle line because the arrow points jut out. But the truth is, they are all the same size! You...
Balancing Decisions for Effectiveness
When an entrepreneur is inspired to begin a new business, balancing decisions between two essential concepts consistently critical to success are: Passion and...
How Multiple Decision-Making Approaches Can Add to Success
One of the key responsibilities of an entrepreneur is the ability to make great decisions. If you choose the right approach, you'll likely make faster and...
How Diversifying Multiple Approaches Adds to Your Business Success Right Now
In many discussions of decision-making for a business, multiple contradictory approaches are frequently presented. The most common approach to improve profits...
What’s Getting Older Got to Do with It? A lot actually.
It happens to all of us. Suddenly we have more aches than normal, less energy, and our memory isn’t what it used to be… Getting older comes with both...
Is Anyone Even Listening?
Have you ever met someone and, after they introduced themselves, you forgot their name within seconds? Why does this happen? Why does so much information go...
Videos
Passion & Reality
The Chicken and The Egg
Do You Have a Marketing Plan?
Guides
How to Write a Successful Business Plan
How to Write a Winning Sales Pitch
Hints to Make Sense of Current Business Trends
Elements of a Successful Merchandising Plan
Templates
Operating Profit Model Template
Service Income Analysis Form
Marketing Plan Template
Product Analysis Template
Sales Analysis Template
Financial Roadmap Template