Roda Group, the venture capital investor that’s the largest shareholder in the biofuel companySolazyme Inc. (SZYM), is backing a startup using advanced production techniques to improve storage performance of standard lead-acid batteries. Gridtential Energy Inc. received a $1 million seed investment from Roda, the San Jose, California-based battery company said today in an e-mailed statement. It will use the money to develop and test a prototype product by next year, with the goal of starting... Continue reading ...
 We spent a very wintery weekend at the Melbourne Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo. As the vast majority of our business is done online, this was a great opportunity for us to engage directly with Start-Up businesses, Franchisees and Franchisors. There were approximately 3,000 attendees at the show in varied stages of business development. Some were looking for franchises to purchase, other already had an established master franchise or license arrangement from the United States or E... Continue reading ...
Business Planning HQ is a proud exhibitor at the Melbourne Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo - 17th - 19th August.Come and see us on stand D6 at the expo. We have been working hard on developing some outstanding packages and deals for this exhibition. Come down and see us, you won't be disappointed.Our decision to exhibit at the show has been as a result of recent success in the franchising industry, predominantly in the United States, where we have been asked to hold business Plan... Continue reading ...
 A must read article for
all Business Founders interested in doing Startup Business Planning.
Planning the development of your start-up can be one of the most complex
and ambiguous pieces of strategy development that many business founders will ever
face. Due to the difficulty of start-up business planning, many business
founders prefer to put the process off. Not only do they not know where to
start, but the level of ambiguity an number of options for their start-up makes
the process quite ...
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 One of the most frequent questions we receive about
business planning is related to the question, is a franchisees an entrepreneurs
and does it take entrepreneurial skill to make a franchise successful.
In today's job market many people considering franchising
as an alternative to keeping an existing job in the corporate world. There're many
different reasons for this many people are interested in flexibility they want
worklife balance or other financial gains not typically associated with t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Marcus Shane on Monday, January 16, 2012,
In :
Business Model
There have been many developments made in recent years in the development and explanation of a start-ups business model. Why is it that business plan templates and business planning software ignore these developments? This leads to sub optimal business plans but don't communicate as effectively as they should.
The old business planning paradigmThe 4P's of marketing have been very effective over the years, however they no longer adequately explain the complexity of business models that are evol... Continue reading ...
Business Planning HQ has been commissioned by a leading network of
entrepreneurs to create 50 X STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANS in a SINGLE DAY on the
6th of October 2011
This is believed to be a world first event, enabled by a new virtual consulting
approach known as HyperQuestions.
Marcus Tarrant, founder of Business Planning HQ, who has worked as a venture
capitalist and consultant with Deloitte Consulting says, "It has taken 12
months of development to enable this event to even be attempted, t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Marcus Shane on Monday, September 12, 2011,
In :
Exit Planning
Abstract
A must read article for all Business Owners who are considering exiting their business within the next 3 years. Often the purpose of creating a
business is to develop an asset which can be sold for a substantial
profit. The ability to create an exit
plan will assist in creating windfall gains during exit. Many people say, start a business with the
end in mind. Whilst this is a noble
philosophy, it is not always possible to know exactly where your business will
end up. Therefore... Continue reading ...
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About Me
| Marcus Tarrant |
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Marcus Tarrant is a leading or management consultant, entrepreneur and thought leader. He has worked for leading consulting firms including Deloitte Consulting, leading major strategy development and business planning initiatives. Business Planning HQ was developed to bring the advantages gained by employing a consultant, without the associated cost. We have developed the “Question Led Approach” to simplify the process of creating a high quality business plan. Our clients agree with our claims that we have reduced their planning times from over 1 week, to less than 4 hours.
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