Comments on: Starting a Business? Write a Plan http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/starting-business-write-plan.html Dealing with software projects in real life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/starting-business-write-plan.html#comment-2089 Pawel Brodzinski Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/starting-a-business-write-a-plan.html#comment-2089 It's a really hard task to create a long-term plan which will go real. However it's exactly like in this famous quote from Dwight D Eisenhower: "<i>plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.</i>"<br/><br/>Whatever you're planning most likely you're going to change that in the future. By the way I wrote a piece about <a HREF="http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/07/changing-business-model.html" REL="nofollow">changing a business model</a> some time ago. It doesn't mean you shouldn't have a plan. You just should be aware when you need to do some adjustments.<br/><br/>With business enivronment, well, as far as you're aware what it looks like and you know it's changing quickly you've already made first few steps. Quite often people ask what are they competitors give you a blank stare. If you're prepared for adjusting your plans, business environment which changes in high pace shouldn't be a huge problem for you anyway. It’s a really hard task to create a long-term plan which will go real. However it’s exactly like in this famous quote from Dwight D Eisenhower: “plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.“

Whatever you’re planning most likely you’re going to change that in the future. By the way I wrote a piece about changing a business model some time ago. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a plan. You just should be aware when you need to do some adjustments.

With business enivronment, well, as far as you’re aware what it looks like and you know it’s changing quickly you’ve already made first few steps. Quite often people ask what are they competitors give you a blank stare. If you’re prepared for adjusting your plans, business environment which changes in high pace shouldn’t be a huge problem for you anyway.

]]> By: Paul Marculescu http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/starting-business-write-plan.html#comment-2088 Paul Marculescu Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:19:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/starting-a-business-write-a-plan.html#comment-2088 Thanks for the hints. It's a good and useful list of things to check for a startup entrepreneur and I agree with your final point, that it's also a reason to clarify what you want.<br/><br/>I find the following particularly difficult to nail for a startup: <br/><b>Long-term perspective</b> - everything changes so quickly, that you barely know how the product will look like in a year<br/><b>Business environment</b> - the competition changes quickly also, and so does the market Thanks for the hints. It’s a good and useful list of things to check for a startup entrepreneur and I agree with your final point, that it’s also a reason to clarify what you want.

I find the following particularly difficult to nail for a startup:
Long-term perspective – everything changes so quickly, that you barely know how the product will look like in a year
Business environment – the competition changes quickly also, and so does the market

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