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!
Providing Support in Business Can Facilitate Tough Love
All of our decisions, both personal and business related, are influenced by issues of support versus tough love. When it comes to small business, I prefer an...
Bureaucracy Doesn’t Work.
Let’s face it: Bureaucracy has lost much of its effectiveness. The entire system needs a dramatic overhaul. Many aspects of bureaucracy actually cause reduced...
The New Normal: What Will It Be and When will it Happen?
At some point, through everything COVID, we’ve all wondered: when will things return to normal? The short answer is: never. Things won’t (and can’t) return to...
When is a Camel a Horse Designed by a Committee?
Too many cooks spoil the broth. A child, looked after by seven nannies, is a child with one eye… Phrase it however you want, but when many manage one thing,...
Success Starts with Culture
Imagine waking up and being excited about going to work. What would it take for that to happen? Perhaps a boss who understood your needs? Coworkers who were...
Business Planning is a Process (Not a Formula)
Creating a business plan is a lot like forecasting the weather… those who are in charge of predicting a storm get blamed if they are not 100% accurate. The...
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
