Comments on: So You Want to Start A Business? http://bizzantik.com/2010/05/06/so-you-want-to-start-a-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-you-want-to-start-a-business Business Coach. You Don't Pay Me To Hold Your Hand. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Lisa http://bizzantik.com/2010/05/06/so-you-want-to-start-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Lisa Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:39:20 +0000 http://bizzantik.com/?p=291#comment-136 Tony, It's true many businesses have a plan, that looks real pretty on a spreadsheet, but that's it. I like what you said about 'throwing it at a wall' hoping it will stick. It's hard to make sales that way. Customers are integral to a business! Thanks for stopping by! Tony,
It’s true many businesses have a plan, that looks real pretty on a spreadsheet, but that’s it.

I like what you said about ‘throwing it at a wall’ hoping it will stick. It’s hard to make sales that way.

Customers are integral to a business!

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Tony Wanless http://bizzantik.com/2010/05/06/so-you-want-to-start-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Tony Wanless Sat, 22 May 2010 19:11:04 +0000 http://bizzantik.com/?p=291#comment-132 I think your number 5 reason for failure should be Number 1. Many businesses have a plan, which is just a bunch of accounting type research put into a (presumably) cohesive story. But that's just a snapshot of a hoped for future. It doesn't mean they have a business. To have a successful business you need to have an intimate knowledge of your customers' needs, desires and behaviors. Without it, you're just delivering some distant service or product, throwing it at a wall, so to speak, and hoping it sticks. Simply, without the right customers, you don't have a business. Tony Wanless, Knowpreneur.net, @reinventionist I think your number 5 reason for failure should be Number 1. Many businesses have a plan, which is just a bunch of accounting type research put into a (presumably) cohesive story. But that’s just a snapshot of a hoped for future. It doesn’t mean they have a business.
To have a successful business you need to have an intimate knowledge of your customers’ needs, desires and behaviors. Without it, you’re just delivering some distant service or product, throwing it at a wall, so to speak, and hoping it sticks.

Simply, without the right customers, you don’t have a business.
Tony Wanless, Knowpreneur.net, @reinventionist

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