Top Ten Reasons To Create A One Page Business Plan

1. Choose opportunities more wisely and waste less timebecause I have my plan in place (P 6)2. A single page can contain all the elements you need totell your employees, board of directors, potential partnersor banker where you are taking your business and how you aregoing to get there. (P 17)3. The most important reason to have a business plan is toclarify your thinking, regardless of the size of yourcompany (P 18)4. It facilitates creating and analytical thinking, problemsolving, communication, and teamwork. (P 18)5. It creates hope and enthusiasm about the future. (P 18)6. It also brings out procrastination, frustration,differences of opinions and possibly anger. (P 18)7. Somehow writing initiates the transformation from ideato reality. (P 21)8. The written word produces a contract with yourself thatresults in immediate action. (P 21)9. Writing allows others to participate in your dream andgive you feedback (P 21)10. Because your coach, consultant, business builderstrategist, friend, relative tells you that one of thetop reasons businesses fail is a lack of planning! That's why!Quotes 1-9 are from the One Page Business Plan Book, by JimHoran. For more information on the One Page Business Plan,visit http://www.coachmaria.com/events/onepage.html