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So how can I help you find that business plan writer to write your business plan? I can't.
I'm going to be honest. The most you want is a coach who's been through it, who knows
how to help you and maybe you want somebody to become part of the team whose done the
process of raising money if that's what you're after. Experience helps. Knowledge helps,
but the plan that somebody does for you rarely works. Your plan will change. Frequently.
You have to own it. You have to know what's in it. You have to be able to get there, communicate
it, and yes, plans are never accurate for the future. They help you change things but
if you don't manage it yourself, you're not going to be able to manage the changing and
it won't help you steer your business, so yes, I'm biased in this. I happen to believe
in Business Plan Pro which I wrote, its conceptual author, there's a whole team of programmers
now but yes, I believe in Business Plan Pro. It helps to do the mechanics, it helps to
do the financials, it gives you the certainty that... well that the math and the finance
will be right if your assumptions are right, and it helps you focus on managing the business
by a good planning process rather than just getting some document that somehow it's going
to be done. If your company stays alive, your business plan will never be done. It will
help you manage that company and know that company but it will be a process that you
use to steer the company towards the future that you want. Want to know why you want to
do it? To control your destiny. That's why you do it.