Business Plan 101: What Are Business Plans for, Exactly?: The Business Plan Series, #1
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"Hey coach! I have a quick question to ask. What is a business plan for, exactly? Can you give me a business plan definition that helps me understand why I should spend time and energy on this? Cheers!"
This question is very typical and most small business owners and entrepreneurs face it sooner than later. The frustration is big because the exercise is not intuitive and often turns into a hassle - yet, there is no other way to proceed, so how do we do? In this short Ebook written for clarification and simplification purposes, business coach, entrepreneur, and educator Antoine Martin (Ph.D.) explores the question of what business plans are for, and of how you could leverage yours tomorrow - if, of course, you decided to get yourself up to speed!
About the Author:
Antoine Martin (Ph.D.) is a business coach based in Asia who challenges entrepreneurs, CEOs, decision-makers, and their management teams to push them toward their personal and business next steps. Passionate about entrepreneurship, he is an entrepreneur himself: a co-founder of the self-coaching platform Impactified, he supervises the production and publication of written and video content you'll love reading and learning from. And you, what difference do you make?
Antoine Martin (Ph.D)
I am a passionate entrepreneur (co-founder at Impactified.com), a business coach, an educator, and a writer on a mission to make entrepreneurship more accessible and more rewarding for those who want to take control over their lives. On a daily basis, I have a lot of fun challenging business owners one idea at a time, and I share some business coaching secrets through content you'll love. And you, what impact do you make?
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Business Plan 101 - Antoine Martin (Ph.D)
Hey coach! I have a quick question to ask. What is a business plan for, exactly? Can you give me a business plan definition that helps me understand why I should spend time and energy on this? Cheers!
So, you are an entrepreneur, and your business is already up and running. Or perhaps you want to be an entrepreneur and wonder how to build the company of your dreams? Either way, the business plan exercise is somehow getting in your way, and you are wondering how to deal with it - right?
As a business coach and an entrepreneur myself, I see the good old what is a business plan for
question come up again, and again (and again), because everybody faces it sooner or later. Well, sooner than later, actually. That's typically the case with very small and small businesses, but it also matters for larger ones. Either way, the issue is always the same, and I wrote this short eBook to clarify a few points.
First, what is the definition of a business plan? What is the purpose of a business plan? Or its