> > Just be ready for that plan to change once new people enter the mix :)
Thanks for clarifying, I think we agree then. "Change happens", which is why I always keep my business plans in a bullet point list so that I am willing to let the plan evolve and update it whenever I need to. Making it wordy usually makes people less inclined to update the plan when it needs to. Do whatever works for you, everyone is different. It doesn't need to be formal. People I meet that are writing their first (or even second) business plan that come to me for advise always try to make this super formal and complex. Remember you are writing this for yourself. Put whatever obsceneities you want in the plan if that is the language that helps you think (who is anyone else to judge). Just brush it up if/when you do want to get others (like lenders, etc.) involved. Now that I understand Alex's stance I totally agree that blindly using a Coworking business template is not going to help anyone, except maybe to find a sucker to invest or lend money to you (although in this lending environment in US you'll need good luck with that one any way). A general business template is helpful for those that have never written a business plan before to give them an idea of what to think about. As you get better at the process you'll have your own template that you write out in your own way. Don't be a robot business plan writer. Otherwise the business will diverge completely away from what *you* really want it to be about and you'll be stuck in a 9-5 type of job you hate again (assuming you ever were a permanent employee) or perhaps even a 9-9 job that you resent from the core of your soul. Of course, your plan needs to evolve as you get more feedback (prospect/customer opinions/suggestions, data, etc.), but always use your own ideas and incorporate your own style into the mix along with the community of "customers" you want to build. All great businesses today from local to global build communities in and around their customer base to some degree with coworking this goes needs to go to the extreme. You can't do that with a boilerplate business plan that someone else wrote and you just filled in the blanks. The people that emailed me privately (yes there was more than one) to share my business plan with them take note!:) Best, Susan ---- Susan Potter Collective Turf Coworking Urbana, IL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
