http://www.cinventure.com/that-restaurant-isnt-sexy Entrepreneurship and Small Business from a Cincinnati Perspective Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:47:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.cinventure.com/that-restaurant-isnt-sexy/comment-page-1#comment-2606 Natalie Ferguson Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.cinventure.com/that-restaurant-isnt-sexy#comment-2606 I always say that people who claim not to have a business plan have one - they just don't realise it. To have a business, you NEED a plan, even if it is just in your head. A 'proper' business plan takes it out of your head and clears up valuable brain space. Instead of trying to remember what you're doing all the time, you can simply tweak it when you need to. We make a tool called PLanHQ which helps small business plan collaboratively online. It doesn't involve screeds of text, but instead cool widgets that let you quickly monitor your market and competition, set and achieve goals and forecasts and quickly see how you're doing. Easy. We love using it ourselves and offer a month free trial so people can see if it helps before they ever have to enter their credit card. I always say that people who claim not to have a business plan have one – they just don’t realise it. To have a business, you NEED a plan, even if it is just in your head. A ‘proper’ business plan takes it out of your head and clears up valuable brain space. Instead of trying to remember what you’re doing all the time, you can simply tweak it when you need to.
We make a tool called PLanHQ which helps small business plan collaboratively online. It doesn’t involve screeds of text, but instead cool widgets that let you quickly monitor your market and competition, set and achieve goals and forecasts and quickly see how you’re doing.
Easy. We love using it ourselves and offer a month free trial so people can see if it helps before they ever have to enter their credit card.

]]> http://www.cinventure.com/that-restaurant-isnt-sexy/comment-page-1#comment-2597 John Chang Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:09:28 +0000 http://www.cinventure.com/that-restaurant-isnt-sexy#comment-2597 I agree that businesses need a continuity plan as a minimum. This can be achieved simply through a buy-sell agreement for Main Street businesses. Other companies may need insurance policies that provide death / disability benefits for owners so that surviving members can buy them out. I agree that businesses need a continuity plan as a minimum. This can be achieved simply through a buy-sell agreement for Main Street businesses. Other companies may need insurance policies that provide death / disability benefits for owners so that surviving members can buy them out.

]]>