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The key takeaways from the Balanced Scorecard that entrepreneurs or managers can implement in their financial planning strategy are:

1. Link financial objectives to strategic planning: The Balanced Scorecard emphasizes the importance of aligning financial goals with the overall strategy of the business. This ensures that financial planning supports the strategic direction of the company.

2. Use the scorecard to tell the story of the strategy: The scorecard should clearly outline the long-term financial objectives and the sequence of actions that need to be taken with financial processes, customers, internal processes, and employees and systems to achieve these objectives.

3. Connect strategy with action: The Balanced Scorecard helps business leaders to translate their vision and strategy into actionable tactics. This ensures that the financial planning is not only aligned with the strategy but also actionable.

The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. It translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The scorecard measures organizational performance across four balanced perspectives: Financial, Customer, Internal Process, and Learning and Growth. These perspectives provide relevant feedback as to how well the strategic plan is executing so that adjustments can be made as necessary.

A startup can utilize the Balanced Scorecard's framework by first defining their long-term financial objectives. These objectives should be linked to the strategic planning of the business. The scorecard should tell the story of the strategy, starting with these financial objectives. The next step is to link these objectives to the sequence of actions that must be taken with financial processes, customers, internal processes, and finally, employees and systems. This approach ensures that all aspects of the business are aligned with the financial objectives and strategic plan, leading to the desired long-run economic performance.