Why Freelancers Don’t Really Need a Business Plan
Pick up any old business book and what’s the first thing they tell you that need to do before starting your business? Write out a business plan. While I can’t speak for any other types of businesses, I’ve found that as a freelancer, business plans are utterly useless, and in some cases, harmful.
Interestingly enough, larger companies are starting to come to the same conclusion. If you’ve ever read 37signal’s Rework book, you’ll know they’re also not a fan of the business plan. It’s interesting how a seemingly innocent piece of paper has now come under fire from several sources.
So why don’t you, as a freelancer, need a business plan? How can it do more harm than good?
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Amber Weinberg specializes in clean and semantic XHTML, CSS and WordPress development. She has over 10 years of coding experience and is pretty cool to work with. Amber is available for freelance work, so why not hire her for your next project?
Sure, business plan is just another form of presentation. If nobody, like a banker, a venture capitalist, ask you to present your business idea, there is no sense to tap your time into a full blown business plan.