There are many types of business ventures, and each has a unique way of doing business. Some companies started on a whim and became successful, while others were birthed from calculated analysis and failed. Regardless of the business approach, all ventures need to create a business plan. A business plan is a written document that describes the path that businesses will take to achieve success. Business owners can write plans for various reasons — these include when a company is in the startup stages, when seeking new investors, or when the business shifts focus. A business should always have a current business plan on hand to refer to and make…
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Is A Business Plan Vital To All Businesses?
If you start a new company or find opportunities to expand an existing one, a business plan is a helpful tool to inform your decisions and guide the business growth. This directs all aspects of the business, including marketing, financing and products or services. It is tempting for business owners to start a company right away. But writing a business plan is a crucial first step for potential entrepreneurs to verify a venture’s viability before wasting too much time or money on it. A business plan aims to help you develop a strategy to start your business and the direction you want it to take. It also gives insight into…
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How to Create Your Pop-Up Business Plan
PHOTO: Pop & Zebra | unsplash You’ve probably seen or even visited a pop-up shop before. These temporary stores have become increasingly popular for a variety of reasons. For starters, they offer retailers the ability to test how their product or service performs in real-time, directly in front of their target market. It’s also a cost-effective way for online retailers to see how their products would perform in a brick-and-mortar location before they lock themselves into hefty, long-term leases. And lastly, pop-up shops are a great way to engage with customers face-to-face and build brand awareness. The spread of COVID-19 has made business difficult for brick-and-mortar businesses to make a…
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Docker launches new business plan with changes to the Docker Desktop license
Docker announced a new subscription plan for enterprises and free access to Docker Desktop for personal use, educational institutions, non-commercial open-source projects and small businesses. Illustration: Lisa Hornung/TechRepublic Must-read developer content Your business depends on the ability to deploy applications quickly and at scale. For that, you might have your sights set on the container orchestration system, Kubernetes. But chances are pretty good you’ll start with (and even continue to use) Docker. Why? Because Docker is one of the easiest paths to begin that journey with containers. SEE: The best programming languages to learn–and the worst (TechRepublic Premium) Docker is used by millions of developers around the world to build, run and…
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The American Families Plan Taxes Billionaires and Protects Family Farms and Businesses
In recent months, reporting by ProPublica confirmed that some of the wealthiest billionaires in the United States are paying virtually no income tax on the incredible gains in their fortunes. Worse, a massive loophole in the tax code allows these billionaires and other wealthy Americans to escape income tax on their gains for their entire lifetimes—even as regular Americans pay income tax on every paycheck. To pay for the transformative investments in his Build Back Better agenda, President Joe Biden has proposed tax reforms to close a capital gains loophole favoring the wealthiest Americans. This change is the most important way that Biden’s plan combats the tax code’s preferential treatment…