How to Become a Residential Real Estate Developer
A residential real estate developer may be an entrepreneur or an established business. The developer envisions a residential real estate project and then takes it from a vision to paper…
The Four Cornerstones of Every Business Plan
The thought of preparing a business plan for the first time can be very intimidating. There are many "moving parts," and it’s easy to get lost in the details. The task becomes much easier if you think of your plan in terms of four essential cornerstones that serve as the foundation of all business plans: Opportunity, Solution, Execution, and Outcomes.
Improve Your People Skills
Investors invest in people, not ideas. Customers buy from people, not companies. Employees rally for a great leader. As an entrepreneur, you need relationships to succeed. That means relationships with…
How to Start a Bank
Question: Are the steps necessary to open a bank in Alabama the same as in Angola? Answer: pretty much, yes. If you are surprised, don’t be. Certainly, there will be…
The Anatomy of a Business Plan Cover Page
We’ve all heard the adage that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. However, the truth is that people DO judge books by their covers – especially busy investors…
How to Start a Restaurant
As we’ve mentioned previously, we write many business plans for restaurant entrepreneurs. And, of course, we’ve published several blog posts on the subject. In 2014, we explained that the operational…
How to Start a Hemp Business
Starting a hemp business is easy. Some websites and articles say you can do it with as little as $1,000! However, that might be overly optimistic. This post will walk…
How to Start a Food Truck Business
In 2012, when we were just beginning to understand the popularity of food trucks, we wrote a blog post titled Food Trucks are Hot! The post discussed the increasing demand…
Be a Good Leader: Part II
Lessons I Learned from My Father About Leadership In my prior post, I described how my father influenced my views on leadership and how I used these lessons in my…
Be a Good Leader: Part I
Lessons I Learned from My Father About Leadership My father ran a small HVAC company in the Midwest. Growing up, I didn’t know much about it until the summer I…