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Choosing your Business Name is a Fundamental

This business name stuff matters. You don’t get to do it twice, or at least not without a whole lot of pain and suffering. Most companies live forever with the first name they come up with. Factors that make your company name work include practical legal ownership, ease of use, ease of marketing and branding, [...]

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Bplans Starting Costs Calculator

If you’re thinking about starting your own business, any type of business, one fundamental will be expenses that you will need to cover before you open your doors, launch your website, or sell your first product or service. The timing of starting expenses is what distinguishes them from ongoing expenses that you track each month [...]

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The Importance of Cash Flow in an Economic Downturn

You can be profitable and still be bankrupt. You must closely plan and monitor your cash flow to be successful and stay in business.
During the current 2008 financial crisis, even the largest corporations have had to face this truth, and more than a few have suffered the consequences.
Tim Berry, president and founder of Palo Alto [...]

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Planning Tips from Palo Alto Software Customers

Palo Alto Software recently conducted a survey of customers about their business planning efforts and needs. While some of the findings were predictable, others offer lessons for entrepreneurs trying to get started, as well as those trying to get back to fundamentals. The following article highlights three areas of planning our respondents found challenging, and [...]

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