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Advice for Entrepreneurs

Over the years, we have spoken with hundreds of specialty food entrepreneurs about why they have succeeded and what lessons they have learned from their setbacks.  Below is a series of articles, presentations and other documents that we think food entrepreneurs might find useful.

Three Mistakes to Avoid When Taking Other's Money
Gourmet News, September 2008

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How to Finance Your New Venture
Gourmet News, October 2007

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Taking Your Product to the Marketplace, Financing a New Venture — Bradmer Foods Managing Director, Adam Borden, speaks at the Spring Fancy Food Show on financing a food start-up. Adam joined a series of other food industry specialists in a workshop exploring different issues entrepreneurs face with taking their products to the retail shelves.  Below is a link to the handout created for the workshop.
Fancy Food Show Presentation, May 2007

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Seven Steps to Ready Your Gourmet Business For Sale
Gourmet News, July 2006

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The One-Minute Elevator Pitch
NASFT Specialty Food E-Newsletter, June 2006

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Creating A Volunteer Board of Advisors
NASFT Specialty Food E-Newsletter, May 2006

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Three Steps for Beginning Entrepreneurs
Gourmet News, April 2006

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Business Plan Outline
This outline is a starting point for any entrepreneur who wants to assess the seriousness of their business venture.  Many different styles and formats of business plans appear, and no single one is “the right way.”  Nonetheless, all business plans encompass similar information, and this one is merely a guide for some of the questions you should be asking yourself.

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