WILLIAM A. SAHLMAN
Executive Summary
EVERY SEASONED INVESTOR knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour far too much ink on the numbers—and far too little on the information that really matters. Why? William Sahlman suggests that a great business plan is one that focuses on a series of questions. These questions relate to the four factors critical to the success of every new venture: the people, the opportunity, the context, and the possibilities for both risk and reward.
The questions about people revolve around three issues: What do they know? Whom do they know? and How well are they known? As for opportunity, the plan should ...
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