Your IP Gives You Two Business Model Choices
You may recall a popular post from September 2012, Licensing Your Intellectual Property for Fun and Profit. The point of the article was to describe the potentially lucrative, yet often…
Surprise! It Helps to Know What You Are Doing
Clients come to us frequently and tell us that they have a really good idea and they need a business plan so that they can get the idea funded and…
Financing Your Growth
Believe it or not, this post was inspired by a print advertisement for by BMO Harris Bank in a recent issue of Inc. Magazine. The ad was about “The Five Keys to…
The Worst States for Entrepreneurs
Last March, we wrote a post called If You Could Pick Any Place for Your Business... The post talked about a feasibility study that we did for an international client…
Franchise or Indie?
We received an inquiry recently from a prospective entrepreneur who needed a business plan to submit to Subway in order to be approved to be a franchisee. We told him…
Consider These Criteria before Buying a Franchise
We receive requests quite regularly from prospective clients who are interested in purchasing a franchise. Very often, these are corporate middle managers who, for one reason or another, no longer…
The Management Bio: It’s All About You
Virtually every document we write requires a strong personal biography of each member of the client’s management team. The reason is that investors, bankers, and other interested stakeholders usually believe…
How Do I Get a VC’s Attention?
A client of ours recently mentioned that he identified a venture capital fund that he thought would be a perfect investor for his new mobile app. He said that the…
Africa is Sizzling!
Sub-Saharan Africa is hot, and often, very humid. But that is not what we mean by sizzling. The IMF forecasts that sub-Saharan economies will grow at 5.7%, and the region…
If You Could Pick Any Place for Your Business
We recently completed a feasibility study for a client who wished to immigrate to the United States to establish an import and distribution business. Part of our assignment was to…