Category Archives: Business Plans

Facebook’s Current Private Placement

Facebook’s Current Private Placement
Facebook Sets Stage for IPO Next Year
Facebook Inc., one of the world’s hottest technology companies, gave the clearest sign yet that it is preparing to take itself public sometime next year, as it revealed new details in a 100-page document sent to a select group of potential investors.
Facebook, of Palo Alto, Calif., [...]

Am I ready to be an entrepreneur?

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Am I ready to be an entrepreneur?
A common misconception is that starting your own business will generate attractive revenues within the first year of operations and has the potential to save any family from accumulating debt. This is not only false, but reality shows the opposite. The next question is how do you know you [...]

Obama Encourages Small Businesses

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President Obama believes strongly that small businesses will help rejuvenate the economy. He has proposed a series of small business proposals in his weekly address. One of these proposals is to use roughly $30 billion in repaid TARP funds to provide additional capital to community banks. The will hopefully increase lending to small businesses and [...]

PPM.net: Private Placement Memorandum, CUSIP and ISIN Filing Services, 144a Bond Private Placements, DTCC Registration

Private Placement Memo, CUSIP and ISIN Filing Services, 144a Private Placements, Bond Offerings, and DTCC Registration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Private Placement Services
Wall Street, New York: PPM.net, the leading New York private placement firm, has now expanded its services to bond offerings, CUSIP and ISIN filings and 144a private placement assistance.
Today, raising private equity for your business is [...]

How many markets should I target?

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No business can satsify every type of customer and if the Company tries, it will be overwhelmed into failure. When selecting your Company’s target markets for your business plan, it is important to be as specific as possible. You may have a number of target markets,  although it is not recommended to have more then 5. The [...]

Why do I need a business plan?

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Why Write a Business Plan?
There are two major reasons why any start-up or expanding company should have a business plan. The first is that a business plan is an entry-level requirement for a number of different methods of asking for capital, whether seed or growth. This applies when asking through a grant, SBA loan, the [...]

What is a PEST Analysis?

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The PEST Analysis
It is important that an organization considers its environment before beginning the marketing process. In fact, environmental analysis should be continuous and feed all aspects of planning. The organization’s marketing environment is made up of:
1. The internal environment e.g. staff (or internal customers), office technology, wages and finance, etc.
2. The micro-environment e.g. our [...]

The economic situation has changed the business planning process

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Like almost everything else in business today, the planning process is changing and adapting to the new realities. Entrepreneurs need to be prepared for the new marketplace, new competition and the incessant demand to develop new products and services. Existing small businesses are being forced to go back to the planning process to adapt to [...]

How often should I update my business plan?

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When starting a business, facts and figures change on a regular basis as markets, economies and circumstances fluctuate. However, you never know when a potential investor will come your way and you need to hand over your business plan. Therefore, it is recommended to update your business plan every 90 days. Each section of the [...]

What is a Break Even Analaysis?

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The break even analysis describes what the company must do in order to pay off initial costs, overhead and other start-up expenses and begin generating profits. This belongs in the financial projections section of your business plan. It is good to input a table showing revenues minus expenses which leads to profits. As seen in [...]