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!
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...
The Best Plans Are Flexible
Imagine you’re taking a road trip. You’ve planned out your entire route. You know every highway you’re going to take and every stop you’ll make along the way....
Are You Considering Parameters in Decision Making?
Have you ever assessed your decision making process? What are the factors you take into consideration? Too often, we neglect parameters and this is a mistake....
Change Is Accelerating and Old Paradigms and Structures Are Failing
When it comes to change, are you focusing on the right issues? Just a few years ago, tech stocks like Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, and Microsoft accounted for...
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
