How to Make a Business Plan With 4 Sticky Notes
By Colin C. Campbell
Jun 24, 2024
How to Make a Business Plan With 4 Sticky Notes

What if I told you you could have a business plan in half an hour? It might sound too good to be true—but it’s not.

If you have a set of sticky notes and a pen, you can create a business plan. As I talk about in my book Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., this is an exercise for you and your business partners—not the robust business plan you will show to your seed investors or use at a pitch competition.

So why sticky notes? Because when you’re coming up with your personal business plan, less is better. Since they’re small, they force you to focus only on what’s critical for your startup idea. And they are also sticky. We can post them on the board to focus on following the plan.

 

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