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Revising the Root Canal Theory of Business Planning

by Tim Berry on August 14, 2009

in Business Planning, Plan-as-you-go Planning

For years I’ve lived with my own “root canal theory of business planning.” Do the Google search for that phrase and you’ll see that my previous writing about this comes up first. Like root canals, business plans were something people dreaded, but needed. Happily, things have changed.
Unlike a root canal, modern-day business planning should not be [...]

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Business Planning in Times of Rapid Change

by Tim Berry on June 25, 2009

in Self Promotion

How does business planning change in this new world of instant media, short attention spans, and rapid change? Is it different these days? Can we plan at all? And secondly, from the point of view of the angel investor, what does an investor look at in a business plan.
I had a very friendly, fun, and [...]

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True Story: A Challenge

by Tim Berry on May 11, 2009

in Back to Fundamentals, Business Management, Business Planning, True Stories

I was the planning consultant to Apple Computer’s Latin America group from 1982 until 1991 or 1992, the end of the relationship being a bit hard to define as I was called on steadily more by Apple Japan and less by Apple Latin America.
The challenge came in the spring of 1985. The annual business plan [...]

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