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Our Next Meeting

Non-Standard Meeting Time

Date/Time: 12/8/11, From 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: The ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center
Event: "That's Brilliant!"

The Business Planning Process in Real Time

How do growth companies manage change and stay focused? Cairn Cross, Managing Director of FreshTracks Capital will speak about the business planning/strategy process and share best practices and not so best practices that he has observed over the years.

Topics covered will include:

1)  What's the difference between a business plan and a business strategy?
2)  When and how do you define the parameters of a strategy?
3)  How does business strategy lend itself to the business plan?
4)  What is a business plan and should you have one?
5)  When to stick to your plan or abandon it and proceed in a new direction?
6)  Is the business planning process formal and static or informal and dynamic?
7)  Using technology tools to aid in the process.





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