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Subject:Re: Starting a business From:"John Fleming" <johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:29:50 -0600
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From: "Bruce Byfield" <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
Sent: June 28, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Starting a business
> John Fleming wrote:
>
> > But as one old Roman once said, "It's an ill plan that can't be
> > changed." That's just as true of business plans as it is of any
other
> > kind of plan.
>
> No, but at the risk of echoing Andrew Plato's favorite refrain, for
many
> people, the process becomes an end in itself. If nothing else, it's
> comforting and familiar.
True, for some the process can become the end in itself.
But that is true in every walk of human endeavor.
> > And I don't think he'd invest the time and energy if he didn't see
> > some value in the process.
>
> I think that writing business plans, like making an outline for a
> document, tells a lot about the sort of person you are. For some
people,
> working through all the possibilities and then clearly articulating
them
> is a mental necessity. For others, putting something on paper
inhibits
> and wastes time; most of us, of course, are somewhere in the middle.
>
> In my case (and probably Gordon's and Andrew's), the plan was
simply,
> "Make enough money to live comfortably." With this goal, elaboration
> isn't needed, just an eye for opportunity.
But even if you didn't commit all your thoughts to paper, I'm willing
to bet you always had a bit of a picture tucked away in some corner of
your mind, and that you'd taken some time to think things through.
Even if the picture wasn't very complete, it was there.
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