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		<title>The innovative and long overdue business planning solution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Funding Roadmap replaces static business plans with an 
	instantly sharable, simple to use, eco-friendly online platform
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		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2012/02/the-innovative-and-long-overdue-business-planning-solution/</link>
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		<title>Rethinking Preemptive Disaster Planning:  How Technology Can Help FEMA / SBA Lend to and Save More Small Businesses After a Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all recognize the importance of a plan for startups. Less obvious is the need for established companies to maintain long term effective plans that are flexible enough to adjust to changing challenges and goals and can be made instantly available for review by FEMA/ SBA online should an emergency strike.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2011/07/rethinking-preemptive-disaster-planning-how-technology-can-help-fema-sba-lend-to-and-save-more-small-businesses-after-a-disaster-2/</link>
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		<title>Funding the World Forward on Funding Roadmap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Funding the World Forward&#8221; is a way of sharing funding success with other startups. We want to inspire our clients who get funded, launch a new venture, or continue to grow their already established businesses, to take some of their good fortune and &#8220;pay it forward,&#8221; in the form of a small investment/donation, a mutually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2011/05/funding-the-world-forward-on-funding-roadmap/</link>
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		<title>Protecting Crucial Business Information in the Face of Natural Disasters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The awesome destruction of the Japanese quake reminds us once again that natural disasters can strike at any time. As Katrina made so clear, small business owners are vulnerable to the loss of critical information needed to apply for FEMA and SBA backed disaster loans. The Funding Roadmap provides instant access to this data on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2011/03/protecting-crucial-business-information-in-the-face-of-natural-disasters/</link>
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		<title>It’s not just about money anymore- Funding Roadmap helps leverage your social media networking to add valuation and credibility to your startup.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Funding Roadmap, the cloud-based business planning platform, allows start-ups to demonstrate the extent of their social media networking support to potential investors, thereby potentially increasing valuation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2011/02/it%e2%80%99s-not-just-about-money-anymore-funding-roadmap-helps-leverage-your-social-media-networking-to-add-valuation-and-credibility-to-your-startup/</link>
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		<title>Are business plan templates, PDFs and workbooks more confusing than informative (and do they effectively help fund and launch businesses in today’s information environment)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Funding Roadmap&#8217;s reinvention of the traditional business plan, (including templates and other arbitrary structuring tools), entrepreneurs, investors and lenders are now able to work and present in a cloud-based “smart” environment to plan, collaborate, share, evaluate –and fund- their plans and ideas. Funding Roadmap is a virtual business plan and due diligence reporting system [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2010/09/are-business-plan-templates-pdfs-and-workbooks-more-confusing-than-informative-and-do-they-really-provide-an-effective-process-to-successfully-launch-a-business-and-get-funded-today%e2%80%99s-infor/</link>
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		<title>Grassroots Financing: Expanding the friends and family funding circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Yes! article http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/bypass-the-bank-local-investors-for-local-businesses by Stacy Mitchell illustrates ways to fund new businesses that are supported by local communities, but not by their local banks. Some of these entrepreneurs are expanding the envelope of what constitutes friends and family, and coming up with unexpected ways to raise tens of-thousands of dollars. Others are sourcing their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2010/09/grassroots-financing-expanding-the-friends-and-family-funding-circle/</link>
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		<title>Startup Funds Come Mainly from Friends and Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the WSJ has reported in this piece (Keeping capital close to home  The Wall Street Journal (8/6)), there are good reasons to look for funding in friendlier terrain: 1. Banks aren’t lending. Even with SBA guarantees. 2. VCs and Angels often want too great a return and too much control. Entrepreneurs may want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2010/08/startup-funds-come-mainly-from-friends-and-family/</link>
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		<title>STAND UP AND BE COUNTED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[StartupsAcrossAmerica.com is the first entrepreneurial map of the United States, where startups can stand up and be counted. "As it grows it will detail the number of startups in each state and the funding they need to launch. By highlighting the numbers and listing the actual enterprises seeking funds, we intend to help level the playing field for access to capital," said Ruth Hedges, CEO of Unismart Capital Software Inc.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2010/06/stand-up-and-be-counted/</link>
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		<title>By Reinventing the Business Plan, Funding Roadmap Sets a New Industry Standard in the Clouds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen thousands of information technology innovations,&#8221; said Richard Caruso, &#8220;and as an Ernst and Young &#8216;Entrepreneur of the Year,&#8217; an annual competition judge, creative finance entrepreneur, and developer of Mentorsphere, I review countless executive summaries and business plans. Through this process I&#8217;ve encountered probably every variation in business plan templates, formats, technologies, and technical service providers. Unismart Capital Software&#8217;s Funding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fundingroadmap.com/blog/2010/03/by-reinventing-the-business-plan-funding-roadmap-sets-a-new-industry-standard-in-the-clouds/</link>
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