<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24733490.post-745915887586133586</id><published>2008-03-22T01:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T17:42:09.305-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strategy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entrepreneur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='planning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Startup: Get the Business Plan Right</title><summary type='text'>Most aspiring entrepreneurs fail to recognize the importance of the business plan.  If you want to be successful in business and in life, you need to be able to define your goals and targets and measure your progress as you aim to achieve them.  For entrepreneurs, this is where the business plan comes in.   Getting this important first step right will help to give you the focus you need as you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24733490/745915887586133586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24733490&amp;postID=745915887586133586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24733490/posts/default/745915887586133586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24733490/posts/default/745915887586133586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dilawri.com/business/management/2008/03/startup-get-business-plan-right.html' title='Startup: Get the Business Plan Right'/><author><name>Rob</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08737058947889623029</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17949673110612953169'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry>