I apologize if this is the wrong area as I didn't see a specific area to discuss the book.
At least for me, what really stood out was the bashing of the business plan. I get the whole "charts and graphs" thing that people like to do which usually just ends up being worthless as the market takes a hold of them and steers them into new directions, but at least were I'm at feel that a business plan is a good chart to go by. Not as in numbers, but rather outlining probable outcomes instead of being blindsided and not thinking about it in advance. Such as if X happens then move towards Y instead -- take feedback into account of course and yes, the plan may become completely sidetracked and worthless but I think it's worth having a well thought out plan of possible outcomes and were to go from there so I don't think it's nonsensical to have a well thought out business plan in advance -- so long as you actually take action on it.
Saying that, what I took from the book is the action is much more important that "the plan" -- but I still believe having a good plan is well worth it before moving forward instead of just being blindsided by the market and having to think about it on the go (which may end up being the case anyways).
At least for me, what really stood out was the bashing of the business plan. I get the whole "charts and graphs" thing that people like to do which usually just ends up being worthless as the market takes a hold of them and steers them into new directions, but at least were I'm at feel that a business plan is a good chart to go by. Not as in numbers, but rather outlining probable outcomes instead of being blindsided and not thinking about it in advance. Such as if X happens then move towards Y instead -- take feedback into account of course and yes, the plan may become completely sidetracked and worthless but I think it's worth having a well thought out plan of possible outcomes and were to go from there so I don't think it's nonsensical to have a well thought out business plan in advance -- so long as you actually take action on it.
Saying that, what I took from the book is the action is much more important that "the plan" -- but I still believe having a good plan is well worth it before moving forward instead of just being blindsided by the market and having to think about it on the go (which may end up being the case anyways).
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