The old way: Reading business cases to help plan strategies and tactics.

The new way: Using data about businesses that have succeeded and failed to define the most probable success path for your business.

The Entrepreneurial Standards Forum is pioneering ways to understand why entrepreneurs succeed or fail, and developing tools for assessing and mitigating risk. The first such tool is the Benchmark Survey, which compares business concepts against those of entrepreneurial companies that meet our success criteria.

The Benchmark Survey is available to anyone for use in assessing their business strategies; we simply ask you to register with us for access to the survey. Entrepreneurial Standards Forum members have access to the Benchmark Survey and other enhanced business planning features. Members seeking outside investment also have the option of submitting their benchmark survey to a network of over 200 accredited investors.