Starting A Business – The First Thing To Do
January 14, 2008 by Bridget Wright
Filed under Business
I took a look at this insightful post that Kristen made a few weeks ago that is so true. While my wonderful co-blogger and I will be writing and offering information on business and career planning, did you know the most important thing in any successful buisness is a good business plan? Yes, it’s true. Without one, you will be like a man driving with blindfolds on – - he’s moving along but he doesn’t know where he’s going.
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In March, I’m going to kick off a series on Business Planning 101 to help those of us (and I do mean us – me included) who perhaps need to develop a business plan, or tweak the one we have. There will be a lot of information on missions, objective, financing, etc. Now don’t get intimidated. This will work for you whether you are a home-based entrepreneur selling “widgets” or a corporate America Wall Street pro. Either way, we could all benefit from the solid, useful direction of a good business plan. I’m looking at the course lasting perhaps 6-8 weeks with LOTS of feedback, comments and particpation from you and your business model.
Any takers?
Anyone starting a business definitely needs a business plan, even if they don’t need funding. And most of us certainly need extra money.
This is a case of the “shoemaker’s children,” since I teach business plan writing, but I don’t have one for my own business. Yikes!
What’s first, Bridget?
Great Jean! Good to see that you’re interested in this too. We’re going to have a lot of fun learning together!
Jean, I will be starting a series on Business Planning soon so stay close by. You don’t want to miss it! If you know of anyone else that’s interested, share this post with them.
i want to get a consulting/education business going and appreciate the support.