Comments on: The Ideal Length of a Business Plan http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/05/the-ideal-length-of-a-business-plan.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: Business News » Blog Archive » The Ideal Length of a Business Plan http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/05/the-ideal-length-of-a-business-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-34837 Business News » Blog Archive » The Ideal Length of a Business Plan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:59 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/?p=1018#comment-34837 [...] And I borrow from him when I say a business plan should be long enough to set strategy, list assumptions, establish concrete metrics, list specific steps including dates and task responsibilities, and project basic numbers such as sales … Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] And I borrow from him when I say a business plan should be long enough to set strategy, list assumptions, establish concrete metrics, list specific steps including dates and task responsibilities, and project basic numbers such as sales … Read the rest of this great post here [...]

]]> By: Random Thoughts | Startup Student http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/05/the-ideal-length-of-a-business-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-31740 Random Thoughts | Startup Student Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:07:59 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/?p=1018#comment-31740 [...] have to be a 300 page document with financial projections.  Tim Berry did a great job of explaining the proper length of business plan when he said this: I was about five years old when my granddad [...] [...] have to be a 300 page document with financial projections.  Tim Berry did a great job of explaining the proper length of business plan when he said this: I was about five years old when my granddad [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/05/the-ideal-length-of-a-business-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-26078 Bryan Fri, 15 May 2009 06:06:02 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/?p=1018#comment-26078 Good post Tim. We get asked this every day. I like- "as short as it can be, as long as it needs to be." That pretty much sums it up. Good post Tim. We get asked this every day.

I like- “as short as it can be, as long as it needs to be.”

That pretty much sums it up.

]]> By: marcio Paoliello http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/05/the-ideal-length-of-a-business-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-25686 marcio Paoliello Wed, 13 May 2009 18:40:37 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/?p=1018#comment-25686 Hello Tim, Could you please explain further the following idea: "I like to think of the plan as a plan on a computer, linking topics with hypertext, jumping from topic to table to chart to topic and back again, without being printed out into pages." Thank so much!!! have a wonderful day!!!! Marcio Paoliello Hello Tim,

Could you please explain further the following idea:

“I like to think of the plan as a plan on a computer, linking topics with hypertext, jumping from topic to table to chart to topic and back again, without being printed out into pages.”

Thank so much!!!

have a wonderful day!!!!

Marcio Paoliello

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