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Business Planning Tools

2/5/2022
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I use these tools regularly and hope you find them useful 
90% of folks I talk to can use at least one of them…I’m just sayin’, it might be worth 5 minutes to take a gander. 😆
 
Hope you find something helpful! 

This list is evergreen, so please add any other tools, frameworks, blog posts, etc., you find useful in the comments section.
 
That’s all I got.

This page will be updated infrequently (cuz this stuff don’t change often.)​
Please let me know if I'm violating some copyright or trademark and I'll immediately remove the item

I use these tools regularly and hope you find them useful 
90% of folks I talk to can use at least one of them…I’m just sayin’, it might be worth 5 minutes to take a gander. 😆
 
Hope you find something helpful! 

This list is evergreen, so please add any other tools, frameworks, blog posts, etc., you find useful in the comments section.
 
That’s all I got.

This page will be updated infrequently (cuz this stuff don’t change often.)​
Please let me know if I'm violating some copyright or trademark and I'll immediately remove the item.


Business Plan - LEAN CANVAS (Start Here!)
You can create a complete business plan on 1 page in 15 minutes!  (No joke!)

2 great educational resources
Lean Stack - https://leanstack.com/lean-canvas
Gary Fox - https://www.garyfox.co/canvas-models/lean-canvas-model/

They're both TREASURE TROVES of excellent educational info and tools!!!  You can download the templates in multiple formats, including pdf / excel / word / etc.

What is your BUSINESS MODEL?
  • Business Plan - BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS
  • Business model (examples)
  • There's an APP FOR THAT! (phone and tablet)

Deep Dive for SELECT COMPONENTS
The Business Model Canvas walks through each step, but below are a few highlights / focus areas

WHO'S YOUR CUSTOMER?
  • Customer Journey
  • Buyer Persona
  • Customer Persona

WHAT'S YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION?


PRODUCT MARKET FIT (talk about iterative!?)

Finding product-market fit: models and frameworks for SaaS companies (link to Notion VC blog post)

This is a useful framework applicable to non-SaaS businesses, especially when leveraging the "Who's your Customer" section above.

PITCH DECKS (oooohhhh, pitch decks) 🥴

​Guy Kawasaki 10/10/30
There are a gazillion ways to do this, but I find Guy's to be intuitive and straightforward (i.e. simple, but not easy) 

FINANCIAL MODELING (more to come)
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    Dug into a few thousand businesses
    Worked in and invested in a few
    Been blessed to learn from a ton of great people – senior and junior to me

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