Do economic cycles of boom and bust affect the number of start-ups? Most analysts have linked entrepreneurial activity to economic growth as though it was a given … and conversely, believed that when recession struck, start-up activity slowed substantially. A recent study by the Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation concludes that both theories are pure bunk. […]
Chinese Math
Posted in Business Plan Tips, MarketingBy David Kaplan - March 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Chinese Math
At the peak of Silicon Valley ‘s bubble, back in January of 2000, Guy Kawasaki wrote an irreverent article for Forbes Magazine about the poor quality of business plans that inexperienced entrepreneurs were submitting to venture capitalists back in those days. The article notes a number of common mistakes, most articulated in Guy’s signature tongue-in-cheek style, but […]