Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition: The Napkin Business Challenge

When I first started out in business over 10 years ago, I didn’t have a written business plan. Yes, I had ideas. Yes, I had connections, ways to market and a pretty good idea of how much money I wanted to make. But a business plan? Nope, didn’t have that. Primarily because, like many other new entrepreneurs, I didn’t think I needed one for such a small-time idea (I started out as a resume writer). Small time as in a one-person operation, low overhead, etc. But, I was wrong. Any business that you go into, even if it’s sweeping sidewalks, …read more