Now you know what
Once you have completed your business plan, you will know one thing: this is exactly what will *not* happen. The ability to twist, turn and change direction as more is learned and customers engage is crucial.
Life According to Plan
Submitted by RichieBlueEyes on 06.09.2008.
Nothing in life every goes according to plan. Your ability to adapt is more important that your ability to innovate. One of the fatal flaws a lot of companies face is the inability to change in the face of challenge. The average company *that survives* changes its business model at least once. You should be ready to change yours. The key thing is the quality of your team and to always put the simplest product forward. Simplicity is easier to change than complexity. Keep it simple and thou shall succeed.
Richie, http://www.bootstrapper.com
change = good to great
Change = good to great.
From one entrepreneur to another...yes, we are real people and probably the most open about our battles of our own brains, so here's a snippet from mine, this Sunday afternoon.
Seriously, the terms are synonymous. When you change something we're fixing something that isn't working. Fixing or improving a strategy is imperative to all business growth. It's not failure, it's only failure if you quit and don't learn from your mistakes. "Fail Forward"-as my favorite author, John Maxwell says. One of my "business plans" has "changed" or been fixed, fine tuned, improved and re-proofed about a dozen times in my head from the first time I wrote it. Not bad, considering 11 of them were still pretty good. I settled in, and realized that the more things I added in, complicated it-- and made it more difficult for me an others to comprehend. At first, people "got it" ...then they added their two cents. I followed, and subsequently created the confusion by incorporating what everyone else wanted into it....my advice, stay focused on YOUR plan. If others want to be in on it, will they'll invest and get to work with you? Chances are not likely...I've asked.......
Now, breathing purpose, passion and direction into your plan as it develops is the only component that will give your idea wings. Anything that helps people for free is a plan with purpose.
Go for it!!....then we'll have lunch to brainstorm and dream up more ideas..
Dayna Marcum
Founder
Local Reach LLC