Incorporating Investor Feedback into Your Business Plan

Investors, like the rest of us, have different tastes. One investor may love a concept and/or business plan while the next may hate both. It is important to understand this as business plans are working documents and are always undergoing iterations.

Fighting The System: Mom VS. RIAA

The RIAA and its affiliates have accused more than 13,000 people, through lawsuits, of illegally swapping copyrighted music. With about a quarter of these suits settled at close to $5000 a pop, the record companies have a sweet deal going on. But one woman is standing up to these companies and choosing to fight: Mom.

Yahoo Adds Y!Q Button To Toolbar

What do you do if you are a search engine company with few search presences you are testing and each presence has its own toolbar and people are commenting about this fact? In the case of Yahoo, you can consolidate these features onto the flagship toolbar and release an update, which is exactly what Yahoo has done.

Realism vs. Optimism in the Business Plan

The most important function of a business plan is to create interest among investors so that they write a check. In achieving this goal, business plan writers are often challenged by determining the proper level of optimism in their plan. That is, they must create a compelling story to investors while maintaining credibility.

Is Japanese Internet Tycoons Political Debut an Omen?

The Land of the Rising Sun has become the Land of Political Assassins as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has tapped 32-year-old dotcom blockbuster Takafumi Horie to run against an especially difficult political opponent in September's elections. If successful, Koizumi's internal coup could switch on light bulbs in the heads of political strategists (strategerists) everywhere.