



You would not take a road trip across the desert without enough fuel, water and emergency
supplies. Likewise, why would you risk your 401-K, retirement funds or possibly even your
home on a risky investment. You would not do this on Wall Street, but yet millions do this
everyday betting on themselves.
There are resources available to help guide you along in the right direction. Most all of them
will tell you the Need for a Business Plan. Most people cringe when they hear than four letter
word "PLAN"! It is always the lack of planning that creates the highest level of chaos.
The SBA has numerous excellent online tutorials for business planning, organizing your
resources, assessing whether or not you are ready to be in business for yourself, and more.
Their website is located at: www.sba.gov
Click on Small Business Planner. You will be on your way to organizing your business for the
first step, developing your business plan.
There are two main reasons that all businesses fail:
1. Lack of Funding or Capital
2. Lack of Resources or Personnel
The first one is usually something that can be fixed by watching your investment in your own
business and managing cash flow. Become a friend with your business bank and discover all
of the resources available to manage the finances of your business.
The second one is tough for all start up and small business owners alike. You can gamble
on occupying sixty to eighty hours of your life each week doing everything yourself or, reach
out and find free help!
The freshest and brightest minds await you and your business to make what you do a
success. You need to have a plan and you must be organized. There are things about your
business that only you can do, leaving the rest for you to delegate to highly educated
professionals that are available to help you at very low cost or no cost at all!
Your road map towards getting all the help you need to build or expand your business can
be found right in your own neighborhood. Do not gamble on your future. Roll the dice in your
favor and learn to work smarter and not harder.
Supercharge Your Business today! You really can count on success when you are
prepared.
John Freeborn can be reached at: johnf@fdg-global.com
Author's Press Releases 12-21-2010
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The Business of Being in Business
Record numbers of people are starting their own
business every year. It is a fact of our economy that
helps stimulate short term growth on a more
localized basis.
The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that
over 98% of all new small businesses fail within
their first year. More than half of these never make
beyond their sixth month.
Losses from the investment in small business each
year continue to grow as more and more people
enter the home business or small business gamble.
It is a gamble mostly because people with good
intentions try to do something they are totally
unprepared to undertake. The fact remains if you
fail to plan, you most likely plan to fail.