Are Business Plans Really Dead?

…. Use Alex Osterwalder’s fabulous, simple business model canvas to identify and write down your fantasies and guesses about what the repeatable, scalable, profitable business might look like. And use the two months you save by not writing a business plan to « get out of the building » and replace your guesses with real facts based on feedback from real customers… ->

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Capture Your Business Model in 20 Minutes | Lean Canvas Course

If you spend more than 20 minutes creating your first canvas you are doing it wrong.

Here’s why…

  • Most Plan As don’t work
  • It’s very easy to fall into the analysis/paralysis trap and spend a ton of time trying to create that perfect plan.
  • It isn’t necessarily starting with a perfect plan, but finding a plan that works before running out of resources.
  • In other words: You need to get out of the building.

http://leancanvas.com/blog/lessons/20-minute-challenge.html