As an entrepreneur, you are always thinking of how to develop better strategies to attain your ultimate goal of making your company grow, and sustaining that growth.

Does your business development strategy include technology planning? 

Sadly, many small business owners give little thought to strategic planning of technology and the management of their technology.  Unfortunately, this oversight in planning will have an adverse affect on the cost of doing business as well as to curtail a company's profitable growth.

For startups and small companies, skipping technology planning can be fatal.  It has less to do with picking the wrong technology than with paying way too much for the chosen technology.  It’s far less costly -- and a lot safer for you -- if you start with cloud computing or Software as a Service.  This allows you to make inexpensive mistakes and gain experience from those mistakes as you plan your strategy.

Starting with cloud computing or SaaS conserves cash flow because: