LivePlan Blog Page 5

Posted June 11, 2024 By Kody Wirth

4 Questions Your Business Plan Must Answer to Prove Your Idea Works

Have a business idea? Here are the critical questions that writing a business plan can help you answer to verify if it will, or won’t, work as a real business.

Posted June 7, 2024 By Kody Wirth

How to Do Customer Interviews From Someone Who Does it For a Living

Customer interviews can provide you with truly valuable insights, if you know how to run them. So, I spoke with someone who does this for a living to learn how.

Posted June 5, 2024 By Elon Glucklich

Using AI to Get a Bank Loan? Read This First

It’s tempting to hand the work over to AI tools when writing a business plan for a bank loan. But relying on AI too much carries these risks.

Posted May 30, 2024 By Tim Berry

How I’d Start a Business in 2024 — Insights From 40+ Years of Entrepreneurship

Based on over four decades of experience starting, advising, and running startups, here are the steps I would take to start a brand new business today.

Posted May 15, 2024 By Noah Parsons

How to Write a Business Plan in 30-Minutes

Struggling to write a business plan? We’ll show you how to easily write a useful One-Page Plan in 30 minutes or less.

Posted February 21, 2024 By Noah Parsons

17 ChatGPT prompts you can use for starting a business in 2024

The more we use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude, the more we’re discovering how they can help entrepreneurs get their businesses started. We’re collecting our favorite prompts here so you can jump-start your business and get moving faster with the help of AI. That said, we do have some words of […]

Posted January 19, 2024 By Noah Parsons

How to Use AI for Market Research Tasks

As I’ve explored how AI can help with business planning, I’ve wondered how useful tools like ChatGPT can be for market research. While AI can help with writing parts of a business plan, I’ve been skeptical about how helpful it would be for market research. That’s because market research typically involves gathering data – both […]

Posted January 12, 2024 By Sabrina Parsons

10 Business Planning Strategies for Success in 2024

Planning out everything you have to do in the new year can feel daunting. These 10 business planning strategies will set you up for success.

Posted December 6, 2023 By Noah Parsons

17 Key Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid in 2024

Are you preparing to write a business plan? Make sure you avoid these common business plan mistakes to ensure you get the most from your plan.

Posted December 5, 2023 By Harriet Genever

How to Set SMART Goals in 2024 and Make Them Achievable

If you’re struggling to achieve your goals, don’t throw in the towel just yet. Learn how to set SMART Goals to stay on track.

The LivePlan Blog