Skip the lengthy business plan. Start with a pitch deck instead, then work backwards to build a plan as you go. Most people won't read the full thing anyway, so treat it as an internal playbook, not a finished document.
I come, you know, from the era of when you were trying to start a business, you had to go through this process to develop a whole business plan. And, you know, there's a lot of information and sections, and kind of it takes time. And if you're not an, you know, an expert in business or just have some experience, it's very hard to pull that kind of set of data all together in a time frame. Um, and, you know, to John's point, most people don't read the whole thing. I think the pitch deck is a great way to start, and you kind of work backwards and basically fill your business plan as you start to identify, you know, new information, data inputs around kind of how your business can work. And your business plan is really your playbook that is your internal, you know, execution, uh, reference point.
