Industry
expert Tim Berry has been called the Obi-wan Kenobe of business planning. Guy
Kawasaki made Berry his business plan expert in "How to Write A Business
Plan". " The father of business Planning" is a name given to him
by Jim Blasingame. So what make Mr. Tim Berry
so great in the eyes of many? Let's analysis his method of business
plan reviews to see what make him the holder of all of these titles.
If Berry's expert advice sounds simple to you, well... that's
because it is.
"It’s not that business plan document you do once and then
forget. It’s a core plan, just big enough to run your business, that you keep
live and on a computer. You review it monthly. You don’t dress it up with fancy
summaries and descriptions until you need them for a specific business plan
event." (Berry, 2015)
However, Berry also says that he works on more complex business
plans but of course he prefers his method of "PRRR". Above all Berry
tells his reader on TimBerry.com
that he recommends that before you hire him please review the free business
plan material that he always has available on his site.
The next business plan expert I will discuss is Bill Payne
of Bill Payne and Associates. Mr. Payne is a business executive, entrepreneur
and a "angel investor". Payne's website helps business
owners primary learn how to pitch to angel investors. Under his web link
"Get
Angel Money", Bill has a definitive guide to raise money from
angel investors. Because Payne's guide is $37 to purchase there isn't
much information on the website that you would find in the
book.
"Angel
Investing is a Miracle of the modern world. In fact, I believe history will
show it to be the most important development in funding this century. Never
before has it been possible to take a small idea, stand in front of 20 to 30
highly successful business persons for 20 minutes with the realistic
possibility of securing capital from them. These small Angel Groups are all
over the world, funding more businesses every year than even Venture
Capitalists." (Payne, 2015).
