Comments on: My Worst-Ever Business Plan Engagement http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html Tim Berry on business planning, starting and growing your business, and having a life in the meantime Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: 10 Questions Before Hiring a Business Plan Writer http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-101573 10 Questions Before Hiring a Business Plan Writer Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:59:45 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html#comment-101573 [...] facilitated and translated and coached planning. (Unless, of course, you’ve read my post on my worst business plan engagement, in which case you’ll know I’ve used “never” and “always” wrong in the [...] [...] facilitated and translated and coached planning. (Unless, of course, you’ve read my post on my worst business plan engagement, in which case you’ll know I’ve used “never” and “always” wrong in the [...]

]]> By: Small Business Building Blocks http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-193 Small Business Building Blocks Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:31:34 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html#comment-193 <strong>Small Business Owners Should Own Their Marketing Plan</strong> Over on his Planning, Startups, Stories blog, Tim Berry describes his Worst-Ever Business Plan Engagement in which the founders of a startup business abdicated the responsibility of their business plan to him, an MBA graduate student at the time. Tim's Small Business Owners Should Own Their Marketing Plan

Over on his Planning, Startups, Stories blog, Tim Berry describes his Worst-Ever Business Plan Engagement in which the founders of a startup business abdicated the responsibility of their business plan to him, an MBA graduate student at the time. Tim’s

]]> By: Tim http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-192 Tim Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:02:01 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html#comment-192 <p>Hi Greg and thanks for a good question. No, those three never got it together. They stayed together trying for about six months, but kept their day jobs, and when the venture didn't get traction they slowly gave up on it. That wasn't optimal for me either, because as they lost interest they still asked me to continue tweaking the alleged plan. </p> <p>-- Tim </p> Hi Greg and thanks for a good question. No, those three never got it together. They stayed together trying for about six months, but kept their day jobs, and when the venture didn't get traction they slowly gave up on it. That wasn't optimal for me either, because as they lost interest they still asked me to continue tweaking the alleged plan.

– Tim

]]> By: Greg Balanko-Dickson http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-191 Greg Balanko-Dickson Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:46:21 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2007/07/my-worst-ever-b.html#comment-191 <p>I could not agree more Tim, writing a business plan commits the concepts, ideas, and plans to memory. Great story and insight into a real world situation. </p> <p>Did those founders ever move forward with any part of their plan or some other?</p> I could not agree more Tim, writing a business plan commits the concepts, ideas, and plans to memory. Great story and insight into a real world situation.

Did those founders ever move forward with any part of their plan or some other?

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