Monday, October 5, 2015

Start Building Your Business Plan for 2016 Today!

It is October 2015. WHAT?! Yes. It's fall and the 4th quarter of 2015 has officially commenced. Now is the time to start setting your business goals for the upcoming new year!

I highly recommend Professor William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School text book HOW TO WRITE A GREAT BUSINESS PLAN .

Keep it simple:

Who is involved?
What's the opportunity?
Where does your business fit in today's market?
... and more.

I consider my business plan to be a living thing. I keep it loose with a focus on my mission and mission statement. The mission is the most important component for me. The several ventures that I am currently involved in require me to remain flexible. This helps free up my creativity, and really keeps me from becoming FEARFUL of making strong and important decisions.

The mission also helps take most of the pressure off of me. I do like having the ball in my hands when the clock is ticking, but only if it supports the overall mission. There are times when it is wiser to pass the ball to get the best shot.... THE MISSION!

There are 3 months remaining in 2015.

Start developing your business plan now. It will help boost your efforts to finish the 4th quarter stronger and will build a head of steam at the turn of the new year.

Best of luck.

-Andy

WWW.ANDYMARTINEZJR.COM

If you have health and fitness goals that you would like to set, head over to Rebekah's page for a lot of great resources,