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Running a business without a business plan is like rock climbing blindfolded. Your chances of making it successfully to the top are slim.
A business plan is a step-by-step guide to running your business and creating a product or service that will make it successful in the marketplace.
In order to make the most of strategic planning, your business should give careful thought to the goals it outlines and then back up these goals with realistic measures for evaluating results.
Here are three tips on how to create business goals and things to consider.
Most businesses are built by default – not by design.
Very few businesses start ‘with the end in mind’ and design it from the ground up. Most businesses grow by default with people, systems, culture, clients, numbers, habits and attitudes.
While change is not something that most people embrace quickly or open-heartedly, if it’s done too cautiously it can flatten revenues, eat profits and lead to business failure.
This is particularly true for small businesses where the resources are limited and the margin for error is slim.