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What are the benefits of a business plan?

A business plan is the rule book and scoreboard in the game of business. It tells you what your rules are - how you will play / who you will play with / where the game will be / how you keep score / when the game begins and ends. As the scoreboard it tells you if you are winning or losing and should provide a determinant of when to end the game whether you are the champion or being knocked out. God Bless! #Strategy #BusinessPlan #Startup

Steve Clute

Nov 30, 20251 min read

ASK STEVE - What advice do you have for professionals considering launching a startup?

Many of the challenges in the start-up process are very predictable. You need a good idea, a market that has at least marginal interest in that idea. You need good partners, lots of money, and the ability to smile in the morning and beat people silly in the afternoon. Start-ups are a way of life. It's not a job, it's not a career, it's a way of life. You start a business for the sense of accomplishment and the trouble becomes that real accomplishment takes a while to happen

Steve Clute

Nov 16, 20253 min read

Is it harder to start a business when you are older?

I would guess that every experienced entrepreneur and/or consultant would provide a different opinion on this question. I have been on all sides of this question and have started businesses at a variety of stages of life. As a young, inexperienced entrepreneur one has the advantages of not knowing what you cannot do and so you may challenge and overcome limitations imposed upon older more seasoned businessmen/women by their background, experiences and environment. That same

Steve Clute

Oct 19, 20253 min read