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  • GrimShawn
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    • Oct 2002
    • 8120

    #1

    What kind of business plan do you have?

    How far into the future do you look as far as business decisions go?
  • SleazyDream
    I'm here for SPORT
    • Jul 2001
    • 41470

    #2
    plan?
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    • mule
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2002
      • 6085

      #3
      Fucked if I know, I flunked business economics
      Converting like a mofo

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      • juicylinks
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        • Apr 2001
        • 122992

        #4
        Grim likes hairy bears

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        • egonetworks
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          • Jan 2004
          • 6706

          #5
          Originally posted by GrimShawn
          How far into the future do you look as far as business decisions go?
          We use a tool called The Balanced Scorecard to plan 1, 3 and 5 year goals. They are living documents, so that the goals and objectives aswell as working plans can be altered daily - however, we only have about monthly meetings to review how we're tracking according to the scorecard. The 3 and 5 year goals are also altered during any situation that causes a large fluctuatation in year-end goals.

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          • Phoenix
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            • Nov 2002
            • 35475

            #6
            i try to forecast all my moves.

            Not always possible in the changing climate of the net. However being prepared for a variety of situations is deemed wise.

            I still carry a piece of paper i wrote my aspirations on when i graduated, life goals you can call them.


            Many highly succesful people do this sort fo thing. Arnold S planned out his whole life when he was about 18. He has accomplished eerythinghe ever set out to.
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            • GTS Mark
              Vrume Mark
              • Jan 2001
              • 20912

              #7
              It's great to have long term goals, but if you can't react immediately to changing trends in the industry you might as well close shop now.

              The people that will be in this game in the long run are the innovators and the people who see the trends coming before they arrive. Change is not an easy thing but if you expect to survive you must adapt to changes. I see too many people out there living in the past in this industry and they are not willing to take a chance as they are too set in their ways.

              DH

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              • Bishop
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2003
                • 281

                #8
                6 months to 5 years... depends on the product line.

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                • quiet
                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                  • Sep 2001
                  • 25115

                  #9
                  Originally posted by DrinkingHard
                  It's great to have long term goals, but if you can't react immediately to changing trends in the industry you might as well close shop now.

                  The people that will be in this game in the long run are the innovators and the people who see the trends coming before they arrive. Change is not an easy thing but if you expect to survive you must adapt to changes. I see too many people out there living in the past in this industry and they are not willing to take a chance as they are too set in their ways.

                  DH
                  nice post
                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                  • Randy
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                    • Feb 2002
                    • 335

                    #10
                    Business plan shmizness plan! Just get a dart board and some post it notes...You will do fine!
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                    • Head
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 8278

                      #11
                      A Harvard Prof. Interviewed his class ten years after they finished school. 3 out of some 30 students acheived their goals. They had a plan writen down years before!

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                      • CS-Jay
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 1794

                        #12
                        I am currently working in the 6 months to a year plan. With a 5 year vision.


                        Originally posted by egonetworks


                        We use a tool called The Balanced Scorecard to plan 1, 3 and 5 year goals. They are living documents, so that the goals and objectives aswell as working plans can be altered daily - however, we only have about monthly meetings to review how we're tracking according to the scorecard. The 3 and 5 year goals are also altered during any situation that causes a large fluctuatation in year-end goals.
                        How did you put this into practice? By book, lecture or websites? I did some quick looking around and it looks like something I would like to learn about.
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                        • nap
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                          • Dec 2002
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                          #13

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                          • Dwreck
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                            • Nov 2002
                            • 7362

                            #14
                            I guess i know what I'l will be doin tonight.

                            But in my first ever ynot inteview they asked me where i would bein fives years and I replies a new city and workin on video.

                            Well here i am doin what I said I would.
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                            • KRL
                              Entrepreneur
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 31429

                              #15
                              If you don't make a well researched plan for your business(s), you are on a highway not knowing where you are going, nor knowing what lies ahead.

                              Mine are usually 1 inch thick and go about 36 months looking forward.

                              They are living documents also and modified accordingly.
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                              • AnalProbe
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                                • Jan 2004
                                • 3727

                                #16
                                Right now, I'm busy with 2 things :

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                                =2= Filling in patent forms for my "AntiBird Vaccin" invention.

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                                • Fletch XXX
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                                  • Jan 2002
                                  • 60840

                                  #17
                                  i keep all my ideas and plans, plots on looseleaf and in a folder titled "Why The World Turned On Me"

                                  every thought about new ideas, and things to do are jotted down in a log.

                                  I change modify, etc and that way I can take out pages and replace them etc. constantly evolving and changing.

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                                  • nap
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                                    • Dec 2002
                                    • 2765

                                    #18
                                    i apologize that i did not answer the question with a statement.

                                    every idea that pops into my head i write it down in my green folder listed above, then in a few days i will return to my idea(to let me brain reboot) and see if the concept still makes sense to me, and what possible angles i can run with it.

                                    then if the idea passes my test it makes its way into my business(that i have created in my head) and forms some type of a function in that business.

                                    after that i look into what i am doing now and try to calculate how much more of what i am doing now will fund that project and how reassure that i move from step A to step B. my business(the one in my mind) consists of 20 fields, all of which are life long goals of mine, just associated some type of way. i force myself to look up at my goals, and i hate to look up to anyone or anything. so in essence, i am competing with my goals

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                                    • wtfent
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                                      • Nov 2003
                                      • 3790

                                      #19
                                      I have a b-plan for the next 10 years, everyday I revise it. I know it will change a lot but I like to have a starting point. Its starts out very detailed and gets a little more sloppy as the months go on but it helps a lot.
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                                      • bhutocracy
                                        Not making A Comeback
                                        • Dec 2001
                                        • 10218

                                        #20
                                        I've got an unhealthy fascination with excel. I actually get EXCITED when I've got some numbers that need some crunching

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                                        • stocktrader23
                                          Let's do some business.
                                          • Jan 2003
                                          • 18781

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by DrinkingHard
                                          It's great to have long term goals, but if you can't react immediately to changing trends in the industry you might as well close shop now.

                                          The people that will be in this game in the long run are the innovators and the people who see the trends coming before they arrive. Change is not an easy thing but if you expect to survive you must adapt to changes. I see too many people out there living in the past in this industry and they are not willing to take a chance as they are too set in their ways.

                                          DH
                                          You are one smart mofo.


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                                          • stocktrader23
                                            Let's do some business.
                                            • Jan 2003
                                            • 18781

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by bhutocracy
                                            I've got an unhealthy fascination with excel. I actually get EXCITED when I've got some numbers that need some crunching
                                            Ooh, a numbers cruncher. Tell me if this happens to you.

                                            You start a new project and get some amazing figures. You get to crunching numbers on what you should make from it as you get bigger and the results are simply amazing. You start duplicating what you did or getting more in depth with it but your numbers only go up slightly. You do twice as much for 10% extra.

                                            Maybe it's just me.


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                                            • Raven
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                                              • Jul 2001
                                              • 6874

                                              #23
                                              My long range plan is retirement, in comfort, of course.

                                              But, plans have to change according to the trends or the predicted trends or the ideas which wake me up in the middle of the night.

                                              So, the plan is written down; but, not with permanent ink, as all plans have to be modified....
                                              Raven

                                              ~RETIRED~

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                                              • angelsofporn
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Mar 2002
                                                • 3218

                                                #24
                                                make $ then buy guns..then get compound in the sticks..then fight off Gov and The Man with an elite unit of mexican midgets...thats basically the plan in a nutshell

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                                                • bhutocracy
                                                  Not making A Comeback
                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                  • 10218

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by stocktrader23


                                                  Ooh, a numbers cruncher. Tell me if this happens to you.

                                                  You start a new project and get some amazing figures. You get to crunching numbers on what you should make from it as you get bigger and the results are simply amazing. You start duplicating what you did or getting more in depth with it but your numbers only go up slightly. You do twice as much for 10% extra.

                                                  Maybe it's just me.

                                                  heheheh.. yeah theres always a ceiling and several "slowing" features of whatever angle you've got that won't be obvious in pure mathematical projection. sucks eh?

                                                  the other thing is no matter how sane you want to make your numbers you're still tempted to plug in some nice ones so you can fantasize about the potential money heheh.

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                                                  • stocktrader23
                                                    Let's do some business.
                                                    • Jan 2003
                                                    • 18781

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by bhutocracy



                                                    heheheh.. yeah theres always a ceiling and several "slowing" features of whatever angle you've got that won't be obvious in pure mathematical projection. sucks eh?

                                                    the other thing is no matter how sane you want to make your numbers you're still tempted to plug in some nice ones so you can fantasize about the potential money heheh.
                                                    I don't count on them anymore. I learned that when I was a kid. Now I take the projections, divide it by 10 or 20, and hope if I start flinging shit 5 or 10% will actually stick.


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                                                    • bhutocracy
                                                      Not making A Comeback
                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                      • 10218

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by stocktrader23


                                                      I don't count on them anymore. I learned that when I was a kid. Now I take the projections, divide it by 10 or 20, and hope if I start flinging shit 5 or 10% will actually stick.
                                                      yeah lol you can't count on them at all. you've gotta take what you think is reasonable and then turn it to make the projection look UGLY.. if it's still profitable then.. cool.. move forward..

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                                                      • hjnet
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                                                        • May 2002
                                                        • 3815

                                                        #28
                                                        I have my business plan stored in my brain, and everything more is just a waste of time in this biz, cause it's much more important to be flexible and to have the possibility to adapt to chages faster than anybody else.

                                                        If you're in some slower acting business that it's for sure a good thing to write a book about your plans, but in this biz you could write a new one every few months.

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                                                        • Ben-MensNiche
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                                                          • Dec 2003
                                                          • 726

                                                          #29
                                                          My business plan is kind of run by the moment. If someone approaches me with an idea I'd enjoy programming for, or if I come up with an idea I'd have fun researching and putting together, I run with it.

                                                          I doubt I'll ever be rich, and that's not my real agenda. I'll probably be a "student" my whole life. I earn enough to live and put some away for my retirement, to pay for my medical coverage, bills and food and a little for entertainment.

                                                          I'm sure one day I'll work on an all defining project that will change my life, but until then I'm just going to keep doing what I enjoy - programming, researching and helping others be successful.

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