RE: Starting a business

["Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com>]

Donna D. Isley wrote:
>One of the major points in favor of writing a business plan, is it gets the
>future business owner to THINK!  All to often, not enough preplanning is
put
>into what the business is all about, what needs to be accomplished, and how
>to get there--and the business fails.  I read somewhere that 90% of all
>small businesses fail, due to poor management practices and lack of
funding.

And I'd say that goes quadruple for any business you're planning to run with
a partner. At least you know, if you haven't thought about, all your own
half-voiced foggy dreams, but, unless you're both telepathic (in which case
why are you wasting your time being a technical writer!) you can't possibly
know for sure what your *partner* wants out of the business unless you sit
down with them, talk it out, and write it all down.

Jane Carnall
Technical Writer, Digital Bridges, Scotland
Unless stated otherwise, these opinions are mine, and mine alone.


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