Re-Launching the Business Plan Help Blog

We are re-launching the Business Plan Help Blog as part of a project to create a better strategy and technology portal for small businesses. The blog will now include articles and information to aid small business with strategy and technology.

To give readers easy access the Business Plan Help Blog, in addition to reading the blog on this site, one can subscribe to the RSS Feed. Also, many of the topics covered in this blog will also be covered in our podcast – SMB Strategy Cast. The podcast is available on our site at www.bizplanhelp.com/podcast/, as well as on iTunes.

Some upcoming technology topics include storage, collaboration, and office productivity. For those interested in strategy, we will review some new entrepreneurial ideas presented by Timothy Ferriss in his book The 4-Hour Work Week.

CHECK YOUR BIZPLAN HELP WEBLOG URL

December 1, 2005 - If you are using an aggregator, RSS Feed, or link to the BizPlanHelp Weblog (blog) in any other way, make sure you check the URL. This is necessary because we have switched where we publish the feed so if you want the most recent news, make the change.

The URL for the Weblog (blog) is:
http://www.bizplanhelp.com/blog/blog.htm

FEED URL
The Atom Feed is:
http://www.bizplanhelp.com/blog/atom.xml
Or, The XML Feed is:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BPHelp

Eagle Strategy Group LLC Launches Active Mentoring Program

Manhattan, NY, November 22, 2005 – Eagle Strategy Group LLC today announced that it will begin offering an Active Mentoring Program (AMP) to small and medium businesses. The driving principal behind AMP is to train internal employees to identify needs, assess conditions, create solutions, implement solutions, and monitor results, while an experienced consultant serves in a mentoring role.

AMP is a flexible approach that can be utilized at any level or within any department in your organization. An Eagle Strategy Group Consultant works as a “Mentor” within your organization. Through group workshops and interviews, the Mentor helps employees identify needs or areas for improvement. The Mentor then facilitates the assessment and creation of a solution by training employees to utilize modern business principals, tools, and technology. Finally, the Mentor helps the employees implement the solution and monitor the results.

Steve Mooar of Eagle Strategy Group LLC commented that “There are a lot of small and medium business out there that would like to initiate projects that bring new business principles to their organizations, but do not have the resources internally or the resources to bring in external people to complete these projects.” He went on to say that “AMP gives these businesses a cost effective way to complete these projects by training internal employees and guiding them through the project.”

There is also an Active Mentoring Program (AMP) for Startups, where Eagle Strategy Group works with entrepreneurs on new ventures. Through AMP for Startups, a mentor guides the entrepreneur through the business plan and business launch process.

About Eagle Strategy Group LLC
Eagle Strategy Group provides Strategy Consulting Services to small and medium sized businesses. Eagle specializes in developing strategic solutions in Operations, Information Technology (IT), Startup, and Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), as well as provides interim management support. For more information on AMP, AMP for Startups and other consulting services go to www.eaglestrategygroup.com and contact:

Steve Mooar
info@eaglestrategygroup.com
Phone: 917.475.4691
Fax: 917.591.5239

SMB Strategy Cast Podcast Available at iTunes

The SMB Strategy Cast Podcast is now available at the iTunes Muisc Store. A few months ago, Apple added a PodCast section to the iTunes software as well as a directory of PodCasts in the Music Store. In the Music Store, users can search PodCasts by keyword or browse by subject and subscribe and listen to the Podcasts. If you use iTunes and are on a computer with iTunes running, you can click on this link to listen to the SMB Strategy Cast.

If you are not an iTunes user you can still download or stream the SMB Strategy Cast from the weblog for the PodCast located on our site at www.bizplanhelp.com/podcast/. If you use an aggregator to view weblogs or listen to Podcasts, there is the option to subscribe to the XML feed.

Also, if you want to search for other Podcasts, the iPodder.org directory is a good start. The SMB Strategy Cast is listed in the iPodder “Business” section with many other great business podcasts. The site also has many other categories to explore.

New Business Strategy Resources – Links & SMB Strategy Podcast
October 12, 2005

We continue to update the BizPlanHelp.com Alpha site. Last week we added the first few categories and links to Business Strategy Resources that we find valuable to the entrepreneur. These resources are available in the Links Section of BizPlanHelp.com. The first three categories are:

• General Startup - Resources that cover Business Plans as well as other topics important for startups and SMB's like Biz Plan Help.
• Business Plan Help - Sites with resources to help entrepreneurs create business plans.
• Business Plan Samples - Sites with sample Business Plans.

We are also accepting site recommendations from our readers. To recommend a site send an email to links@bizplanhelp.com with "Recommend a Site" in the subject area. In the email include the URL, Site Name, Brief Description, and Topic Area. If your site does not fall under a current topic area, but you feel it is a good resource for Startups and SMB's, suggest the new topic area in the email.

Also, the first episode of BizPlanHelp.com’s Podcast, Small and Medium Business (SMB) Strategy Cast was published today. The SMB Strategy Cast covers business strategy topics that pertain to startup, small, and medium businesses. Each episode will be limited to 10 minutes and cover one topic. The first few episodes will cover the Business Plan for startups as well as seasoned companies.

The first episode can be downloaded in the Interactive section of BizPlanHelp.com, http://www.bizplanhelp.com/interactive.htm. We are in the process of creating a weblog with an XML feed that will include show notes and links, so if you use an aggregator for retrieving your Podcasts like iPodder (www.ipodder.org), you will be able to subscribe. For feedback, comments, or questions, email us at podcast@bizplanhelp.com.