Tim Berry and Bryan Howe

Business plans are key when presenting to investors. This gives investors a professional way to look at a business plan pitched, and how to understand the mechanics of it all.

Two Business plan experts I’m going to talk a out is Tim Berry and Bryan Howe.

Tim Berry was refereed to as “The Obi Wan of business plans” by Pamela Slim, best selling author of Escape from Cubicle Nation (Berry, 2015).

·      Tim Berry has a MBA degree and a MA in journalism with honors from the university of Oregon. Also has a BA in Literature magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame.

·      He’s not only an expert in the field of business planning, he is also a entrepreneur.

·      He is the founder of Bplans.com, and chairperson of Palo Alto software. Which he grew from 0 to 40 employees, and making multimillion-dollar sales, no debt, and 70% market shares without outside investments (Berry, 2015).

The list goes on with publish material too far to count. Tim Berry is not just a expert, but a master (Berry, 2015).

The second person is Bryan Howe. Bryan is the president of the number 1 Business plan consultant agency Master Plans: The business plan experts (Howe, 2015).

·      Started his company MP in 2002 as a soul proprietorship (Howe, 2015).

·      In 2004 he created a team plan, since then the company has worked with over 10,000 plus (Howe, 2015).

·      Achievements

2004—The first Alight Planning Certified Consultant

2007—Inc 500 list #111 in the US and #2 in Portland with over 2000% growth

2008—Honored to join Friends of the Children Marketing Committee

2009—Honored as one of Portland's Top 40 Under 40 business people in 2008 by the Portland Business Journal based on business practices and giving back to the community.

To every business, there are critical and key components to keeping it not just afloat but successful (Howe, 2015).

Tim Berry makes it very clear that there is a cycle when doing a business. Plan, Run, Review and Revise. These steps allow you to save money, refine, make positive changes and figure out if your business is working (Berry, 2015).

            When is comes to Bryan Howe in 2004, he couldn’t handle the work because it was too much. He started hiring people to handle different parts of the company (EB5 Investors, 2015). This is something that many businesses either succeed of fail at, because the company is now getting larger.

            These are the key lessons I take away from them. Properly analyze your business and review all areas of it. This gives you a good look at the status your business is in. Also, when your business gets too large to handle by yourself, work with those who can support you in the areas you need.

References

Berry, T. (2015, August 9). Lean business planning and entrepreneurship. Retrieved from http://timberry.com

EB5 Investors. (2015, August 9). MasterPlans – EB-5 Business Plan Writer in Portland, OR - EB5Investors.com. Retrieved from http://www.eb5investors.com/directories/business-plan-writers/masterplanscom

Howe, B. (2015, August 9). Your team of business plan professionals. Retrieved from http://www.masterplans.com/people.php