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	<title><![CDATA[News Flash: Research Shows Planning Pays Off for Startups]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-berry/news-flash-research-shows_b_165666.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>How do you spell "no-duh?" <a href="http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs339tot.pdf">New research</a> just released by the SBA shows that Advance Planning Pays Off for Start-Ups. That's the headline on a <a title="good piece" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2009/02/09/advance-planning-pays-off-for-start-ups/">good piece</a> of reporting by Kelly Spors of the Wall Street Journal's Independent Street. And, to be fair, she also offers background on why that's news. </p>
<p>It's the confusion between planning and the big fat formal business plan, frankly, that causes a lot of confusion in this area. You know: the...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-02-10T13:18:00-05:00</date_published>
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