Comments on: Top 5 Reasons Why Business Plans Suck http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html Dealing with software projects in real life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2093 Pawel Brodzinski Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:10:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2093 My writing bases mainly on my experience and this post is no different. Yes, I faced above issues with a few of my business plans. And yes, I failed a few times too.<br/><br/>While I think the more experience you the bigger are chances of success I don't think a plan of freshman must suck. If you look at today giants they launched their first businesses (not necessaily the firs idea) and look where they are. Maybe their plans were good enough or maybe they were just lucky but if I had to guess I say the former is true. My writing bases mainly on my experience and this post is no different. Yes, I faced above issues with a few of my business plans. And yes, I failed a few times too.

While I think the more experience you the bigger are chances of success I don’t think a plan of freshman must suck. If you look at today giants they launched their first businesses (not necessaily the firs idea) and look where they are. Maybe their plans were good enough or maybe they were just lucky but if I had to guess I say the former is true.

]]> By: Secure network setup India http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2092 Secure network setup India Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:43:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2092 Pretty Interesting to know that you have done research on the business plans that sucks.. Have you faced this problems initially in your planning??<br/>I think if a person is fresher, his plan has to suck because of lack of experience. With experience he will know what to do and what not... Pretty Interesting to know that you have done research on the business plans that sucks.. Have you faced this problems initially in your planning??
I think if a person is fresher, his plan has to suck because of lack of experience. With experience he will know what to do and what not…

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2091 Pawel Brodzinski Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2091 Most of ideas we have aren't unique. If they were each of us could have tens of different businesses. There aren't enough niches out there. At least niches which can make a profitable business.<br/><br/>Pricing is a huge topic to cover, but that's not an area which I have much expertise in. My point is that your product <b>must have</b> other differentiators than price. In given example Joel gathered different community than 37signals and that was something he could exploit.<br/><br/>The guy on the picture is my happy-entrepreneur a face of entreprenurs time series. But maybe you're right - I should mix pictures in different posts. Most of ideas we have aren’t unique. If they were each of us could have tens of different businesses. There aren’t enough niches out there. At least niches which can make a profitable business.

Pricing is a huge topic to cover, but that’s not an area which I have much expertise in. My point is that your product must have other differentiators than price. In given example Joel gathered different community than 37signals and that was something he could exploit.

The guy on the picture is my happy-entrepreneur a face of entreprenurs time series. But maybe you’re right – I should mix pictures in different posts.

]]> By: Paul Marculescu http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2090 Paul Marculescu Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:54:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/top-5-reasons-why-business-plans-suck.html#comment-2090 Witty post :)<br/><br/>Personally, I don't think there aren't new ideas anymore, but new approaches. :) Maybe I'm wrong, but I often get inputs like this from my friends: "I have this great idea about a tool to mingle with feeds." "Did you try Yahoo pipes?" "Damn it!". The first thing I do when I get an idea is to check how it was already approached.<br/><br/>The price issue is tricky. Charge too low and you might be considered "cheap", charge too high and you might get <a HREF="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090101/how-hard-could-it-be-thanks-or-no-thanks_Printer_Friendly.html" REL="nofollow">rich</a>. :)<br/><br/>I'm curious, why did you put the same photo with the guy talking on the phone in your last 4 posts? Witty post :)

Personally, I don’t think there aren’t new ideas anymore, but new approaches. :) Maybe I’m wrong, but I often get inputs like this from my friends: “I have this great idea about a tool to mingle with feeds.” “Did you try Yahoo pipes?” “Damn it!”. The first thing I do when I get an idea is to check how it was already approached.

The price issue is tricky. Charge too low and you might be considered “cheap”, charge too high and you might get rich. :)

I’m curious, why did you put the same photo with the guy talking on the phone in your last 4 posts?

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