Can You Start a Small Business Without a Formal Business Plan?
没有一份正式的商业计划,你是否能够创业?

I'll be the first to admit, I've promoted the idea that for a small business to succeed, it needs a formal business plan. However, after considering the issue I'm having second thoughts on small business plans and I'm not convince that every small business needs a formal business plan.
我会第一个予以肯定的答复。我曾经推广过这样的理念,那就是一个小企业想要获得成功,就必须有一份正式的商业计划。然而,在仔细思考这个问题后,我有了新的想法,那就是我不认为每个小企业都需要一份正式的商业计划。

Because typical formal business plans that can run from 50 to 100 pages of materials and sometimes even more - and can take months to prepare - not including time spent learning how to put one together - it would seem that if you don't need one that you should consider getting your business started without preparing one.
因为一份典型的正式商业计划通常有50到100页,有时候还会更多。要花上数月的时间去完成,这还不包括学习怎样整合计划的时间。所以,如果你不需要,你可以不考虑去准备一份商业计划就开始创业。

Does Having a Formal Business Plan Ensure Success?
是否有一份正式的商业计划就能确保成功?

A study completed by Babson College would suggest that at least for those who are not seeking outside funding, having a formal business plan before starting a small business or not having one at all really made no difference in the ultimate success of the business.
由巴布森学院完成的一份研究表明,对于那些不求助外部资金去创业的小企业来说,无论在开始之前是否有正式的商业计划,在最后的商业成功上几乎没有任何区别。

Keep in mind that the business plan industry is huge and this wasn't welcome news to them. But you really have to wonder if you wouldn't be better off taking the time needed to create a formal small business plan and using it instead to get your business up and running. Many home business don't require outside funding at start up anyway, especially those who plan to start their home business part-time while looking after the kids or while holding on to their full-time job. For those people, a business plan might be the last thing they really want to do.
记住,商业计划的工程是浩大的,对小企业家来说这并不是什么好消息。但是,你确实要慎重考虑一下,是否应该节省创建一份正式商业计划的时间,而将其利用在创业和使你的事业走上正规上。反正很多家庭企业在创业的时候并不需要外部资金,特别是对于那些在照顾小孩或正式工作之余打算创建兼职生意的人就更加不需要外部资金了。对这些人来说,商业计划也许是他们最不想做的事情。

How Creating a Business Plan Can Stifle Your Business
创建一封商业计划会怎样扼杀你的事业

I think most would agree that one advantage enjoyed by business startups is the power of the "entrepreneurial spirit" - the ability to act quickly and take advantage of special opportunities. To be "market movers" if you will, and not "market followers".
我想大部分人都会认同的就是创业可以享受的一个优势就是创业精神的力量,也就是迅速把握有利时间的能力。如果你愿意的话,那就成为市场带动者吧,而不是被带动者。

Established businesses may have so much corporate bureaucracy or standard procedures to follow that they cannot act quickly enough to seize an opportunity before their competitors corner the market. Taking month after month to prepare a business plan can mean opportunities lost for some who want to start a small business - especially a home business. What happens instead is that you can get entrenched in "analysis paralysis" while you're writing your business plan with the end result that you never actually start the business.
创办企业可能有很多官僚主义的程序,或有很多必须要遵循的规矩,这样一来,在竞争对手垄断市场之前,创业家就没有足够的时间抓住机遇。花几个月的时间去准备商业计划对那些小企业家,特别是家庭企业家来说就白白浪费了机会。取而代之的是,在制作商业计划的途中,你可能会太过于优柔寡断而永远不敢开始创业。

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