Well, it’s been a while since we last explored the topic of business plans and plenty has changed.

For some entrepreneurs, the age of the 80-page plan has passed and has been replaced with the 140-character attention spa..

I am thinking about starting a new business and beginning to focus on planning, financing, marketing, launching, and operating the thing.

I have already done a fair amount of market research and determined that there..

It has been some time since I last discussed business plans in these blog pages and I thought it might be time for an update.

When Ross and I were developing the idea for crowdSPRING we wrote an extensive business pl..

In this installment of my posts for entrepreneurs about writing a business plan I discuss the second of the “3-Rs,” Refinement.

Iteration of your idea is critically important and I share some thoughts about this process ..

A couple of weeks ago, I started a series of video posts for entrepreneurs about creating a business plan.

I very much believe that this part of the process is critical to building a strong company.

The short video be..

Some have argued that a business plan is not necessary when starting up your venture and that entrepreneurs can better spend their time on other things.

I strongly disagree and argue that the very process of writing a bu..

Mike and I stated working on crowdSPRING in the summer of 2006. We incorporated the company in May 2007 and launched the crowdSPRING marketplace in May 2008. We’ve learned many important lessons along the way. In some ways,..