Entrepreneurship
A business plan you can actually use
Build a business plan around customers, operating decisions and a cash forecast. Includes a practical working template.
Capital, operations and enterprise
Business
How businesses fund a project, protect liquidity and turn a plan into an operating decision.
The reading room
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Leadership
A business continuity plan for a small team
Prepare a workable response to an outage, lost access or unavailable supplier. Includes a tabletop exercise and recovery checklist.
Growth capital
Business acquisition loans: a practical funding guide
Build an acquisition funding plan around diligence, working capital, repayment capacity, and the actual loan agreement.
Growth & equipment
Equipment financing: compare the full cost of ownership
A practical checklist for matching repayment to installation, maintenance, and the equipment's useful life.
Public-source profile
G Hyatt Construction: funding the work after the win
A documented construction story and the distinct roles of bonding and project working capital.
Business financing
Working capital loans: finance the gap, not the guess
Map the cash conversion cycle and distinguish a temporary timing problem from an ongoing operating loss.
The working notebook
Put the reading to work.
A useful decision starts with evidence, a clear assumption and a question you can answer.
Match repayment to the cash the project can generate.
Read: Cash-flow forecast: build a 13-week business planSeparate the purchase price from cash needed after closing.
Read: Business acquisition loans: a practical funding guideTest the downside before committing capital.
Read: Business valuation: prepare the evidence firstContinue the conversation
From an idea to an operating business
Entrepreneurship
Business plans, startup budgets, customer evidence and acquisition decisions for people building their next venture.
Make the numbers workMoney
Understand borrowing costs, debt service and cash flow with transparent assumptions.
Global perspective. Specific local context.Global Business
Business fundamentals across borders, with currencies, jurisdiction and program eligibility kept explicit.
Evidence you can work withResearch & Lists
Original working frameworks, measurement guides and public data resources for a better-informed business decision.