Presentation during a masterclass on Entrepreneurship at the ENPC MBA Paris on September 28, 2013. Event organized by Younes Benjelloun MBA 2013, Alexandre Py MBA 2014 with the support of Desmond McGetrick, President of the Alumni Association.

1. In a fast-changing
world is a business
plan still necessary?
Alon
Rozen
-­‐
Asst.
Dean,
Professor,
Consultant,
Business
Owner
September
28,
2013
–
Conference
on
Entrepreneurship

2. Why is this
question worth
answering ?

3. FAST
CHANGING ?

4. “Fast-changing” = challenge?

5. What is
a business
plan (anyway)?

6. If
BP = Road Map
then
a destination
seems
necessary…

7. If
BP = Road Map +
Strategic Plan
then is
a destination
necessary ?

8. Start-ups

9. In
a
world
of
what
do
start-­‐ups
need
to
know
about
their
business?
pivots
Q1
Q2
What
do
start-­‐ups
need
to
know…
before
talking
to
angels
and
VCs?

11. Business
Plan
NewCo

12. Why
is
the
subject
of
this
discussion
appropriate
a?er
all?
What
has
indeed
changed?

14. Start-ups
Business
Plan
NewCo
>

15. Work
Biz
Plan
Start
Work
Biz
Plan
Start
B4
2day

16. Business
Plan
Part
of
a
process

17. So in a fast-changing world is a
business plan still necessary?
YES, but…
1/ Not as the objective
2/ From Bplan to Bplan development
3/ In a new form factor